Dr. Reem Derbala has been director of strategic planning unit (SPU), Ministry of Higher Education since July 2012. Also, she was the head of technical studies and decision support department at SPU from 2009-2012. Ms. Derbala has also worked as an assistant professor at college of education, Helwan University, during that time she was the director of currently Executive Director of the Virtual Graduate Studies in Education from 2006 to 2008. Her major field is educational administration and comparative education. Reem Derbala holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Helwan University. She participated in writing a background report on vocational education and training in Egypt in the framework of “schools beyond school projects”, held by OECD.