Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2021, 9, 74-112
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DOI: 10.4236/gep.2021.94006 Apr. 20, 2021 74 Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection
Sustainable Development Importance in Higher
Education for Occupational Health and Safety
Using Egypt Vision 2030 under COVID-19
Pandemic
Tarek Adel Mouneer
Mechanical Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Abstract
Insertion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into higher education is
an important concern. This article aims to address the influences of SDGs in
higher and engineering educational system in Egypt. The present study fo-
cuses on SDGs 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11. SDG 3 is related to occupational health
and SDG 4 is related to higher education development. However, SDGs 6, 7,
9, and 11 are related to both mechanical and environmental engineering, and
occupational safety. The study approach involves case risk analysis, investiga-
tions, and review for design concepts of occupational health and safety before
and after the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A number of cross-sectional
studies that constitute 125 multidisciplinary research plans (MDRPs) are
grouped to monitor and evaluate two main factors which are an influence of
involving SDGs into engineering education and selected curriculum of occu-
pational health and safety. Then the results of these research-based studies,
which performed over four academic years started from 2017 up to date 2021,
are depicted and discussed. These results reveal the importance of interlink
between engineering education and the intended SDGs. The latest 25 MDRPs
demonstrate that Egypt response to alleviate the COVID-19 is rapidly pro-
nounced specially on SDGs 3 and 4 simultaneously. However, those MDRPs
show that neither record impacts nor delays on SDGs 6, 7, 9 and 11. The con-
clusions prioritize both the advanced educational mechanisms and verify the
engineering curriculums to raise awareness of SDGs among both staff mem-
bers and students in Egyptian universities. Finally, future work is recom-
mended at the end of this article to focus on each specific goal to gain deep
insight to state of the art for each SDG around globe using education devel-
opment.
How to cite this paper: Mouneer, T. A.
(2021). Sustainable Development Impor-
tance in Higher Education for Occupation-
al Health and Safety Using Egypt Vision
2030 under COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal
of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
9, 74-112.
https://doi.org/10.4236/gep.2021.94006
Received: March 12, 2021
Accepted: April 17, 2021
Published: April 20, 2021
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