The Ministry of Education of Egypt has fired 1,070 teachers with “extremist ideas” or previous convictions, according to the announcement made by the Education Minister Tarek Shawki. Some of the fired teachers have been presented as members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The minister added that other teachers “unfit to work” or having “politically extreme views” would also be investigated. The announcement contrasts with the Ministry’s plans of hiring 120,000 new teachers to cover shortages in governmental schools. In relation with these measures, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly stated on 8 October that his government would not allow protesters to “spread chaos”, adding that “the people of Egypt will not allow the scenario of chaos to be repeated again”, referring to the 2011 protests that toppled the Mubarak regime. Since protests sparked against the regime on the past 20 September, around 3,000 persons have been detained by Egyptian authorities, including prominent academics, activists and lawyers.