Culture Minister approves program to train museum staff

Egypt State Information Service

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni gave the go-ahead for a program to train museum secretaries and antiquities inspectors nationwide.

The project, in tandem with UNESCO, aims to train young archaeologists, said Zahi Hawwas, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Hawwas added that a museum is currently being established in cooperation with the UNESCO to provide training for all museum staff.

"A project for training is also being implemented at the Coptic Museum in cooperation with the Germans," he added.