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As such, it cannot express the needs or pains of the society. However, “elites ”, ironically, think they are the leaders of the
society;holdingdebates, conducting dialogues, and proposing initiatives to the decision maker in order to materialize the belief in their social
and cultural value. A claim that hides a desire to establish social and political influence, be closer to authority, and earn a living. It is important
to notice that the logic of “intellectuals leading the society ” which marked the European enlightenment and theorized by social theorists, as San
Simon and Emile Durkheim, was a response to a society possessed the socio-economic conditions for modernization, besides social forces that
widely pushed for radical change. It is thus these conditions and forces driven the intellectual to the leadership position to represent and express
their demands and aspirations. On the other hand, none of these conditions existed in our societies at the same degree or quality. So how
logically can Arab intellectual claim to be the leader of the society! Not only that, but also whenever forces of social change begin to have
power, they are ignored or devalued. Because of the intellectual ’s awareness that these forces will undermine his sources of influence and
prestige, or because the fear of following the masses / “mob ”. This reveals that rupture between “elites ” and the “masses ”, and that renewed
failure to understand or predict its “street politics ”. To sum up, as long as the intellectual separates himself from the pulse of the mass
movement and does not care about people ’s pains and ideas, Masses will naturally drop him out of their calculations and mock his ignorance.
That is why whenever he thinks of himself as excellence and superiority due to his cultural status, Masses always put him at the margins of
major transformation stages. The first step of reform process is that everyone get rid of the "apostolic" perspective of change. As everyone
should question the value of what is said and written in light of the street ’s movement and problems, including the writer of these lines.
FEPS Incubator, IBDL and AUF held a round table about
"Vocational Training for students in Companies"

BY : OMAR ALAA
Khalaf added that trade will change in its traditional form, and the world mov es to
In the effort of Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS) to improve its students
virtual platforms and E-commerce will flourish in the future. He also pointed out
qualifications, FEPS Business Incubator (BI) held a round table on Thursday October 31,
that citizens' view of vocational education must be changed, explaining that
2019, in cooperation with the University Agency of Francophone - “Agence Universitaire
learning a craft may guarantee a better future and a better income for you th, than
de la Francophonie ” (AUF) and the International Business Leadership Li cense Foundation
the office jobs, adding that secondary schools and universities should provide
(IBDL), entitled "Vocational Training for students in Companies". The round table was
career consulting to students, to guide them in the labor market.He mentio ned that
attended by Dr. Mahmoud El-said, FEPS Dean, Khaled Khalaf, IBDL Executive Director,
many industries is going to witness a big boom in salaries, Such as d ata analysis,
Noha Sultan, AUF Director, and Dr. Reem Hafez, AUF Coordinator of the Vocational
agricultural engineering, any job in climate fields, and programming fields, h e
Training Program for Business Leadership, and Heba Zaki FEPS BI Founder and Executive
recommended students to learn programming language as they learn a fo reign
Director, and students and educators from several u niversities.The discussion was opened
language, and in theoretical sciences, psychology would witness a boom in jobs
by the Dean ’s speech in which he thanked the attendees and prai sed the incubator ’s efforts,
then pointed out that vocational training contribut es into making students more qualified for because modern societies witness a big change that will result in many
labor market, as some reports indicate that 50% of jobs will disappear in 2030. He added psychological problems that need two psychological therapists.The
that "Vocational training will help the graduates t o overcome the challenges of the labor recommendations of that paper came through a survey conducted b y a thousand
market, especially with technological development", mentioning that vocational training is
employers, and ten thousands of students and faculties, and five hund red
not necessarily a craft, as it is commonly known, b ut skills that the student may acquire to professors. The results indicated that students see that their education has
give him an advantage in the labor market.The round table comes within the project of the deprived them from achieving their job goals, in the other hand employers believe
Center for Career Integration, Innovation and entre preneurship which affiliated to Careers
that the new graduates are non-committed, and do not have a discipline , and
and Professional Integration, Innovation and Entrep reneurship in Egypt - “Carri ères et
preferring government jobs than the private sector. Finally, professors saw that the
Insertion Professionnelle Innovation et Entrepreneu riat en Egypte ” (CIIPEE). Dr. Reem
success of the labor market would result in the degree of flexibility, ad aptation,
Hafez, AUF Coordinator of the Vocational Training P rogram for entrepreneurship,
and diligence.The workshop was concluded with a speech by Dr. Heba Z aki- the
represented the project's objective which is linkin g learning outcomes with labor market
FEPS BI Founder and Executive Director- in which she mentioned th e main three
requirements. She noted that the project adopts two approaches, the first is professional
activities of the incubator: awareness sessions and workshops, the Business
which helps students to integrate into the labor ma rket, the other approach is entrepreneurial
leadership Consulting Service, and the incubation program. She said that the
to raise awareness about the importance of entrepre neurship. Hafez pointed out that the
establishment of the incubator came as a result of recommendations in her Ph.D.
project comes with many partners such as Alexandria University, the French University in
thesis for transforming to knowledge economies in Egypt, and poin ted out that the
Egypt, companies such as IBDL, and the French Chamb er of Commerce and Industry.At his
incubator adopted sustainable innovation that sought to achieve the goals of
representation, Dr. Khaled Khalaf, IBDL Executive D irector, presented a working paper on
sustainable development, She added that the incubator seeks to be a pionee r in the
future jobs in Egypt in which he pointed out that c oncentration in future jobs has started in
Middle East in the field of entrepreneurship.She added that the incubator adopts
all international institutions since 2010. Khalaf s aid that the world will witness a change in
innovative projects and incubator concentrates not only a certain field o f projects
the economic and financial powers and a widening ga p between the developing and the
but also a variety between education, health, recycling and gender equ ality
developed countries, which will have a social effec t on the disappearance of the middle
projects. Zaki pointed out that the round table comes accompanied with s eries of
class. He added that technological progress will re place the human component in many jobs,
conferences and meetings that aim for spreading the culture of Functional
and that several years ago, the textile industry wa s a labor-intensive industry, but now it is
integration, innovation and entrepreneurship among university students.
not.