Confusion reigned over the educational process in Egypt following the spread of the country’s political crises to education curriculums, which were amended, with material added or removed as the prevailing political changes dictated. In this regard, the Egyptian Ministry of Education announced that curriculums had been completely purged of the amendments imposed by the Muslim Brotherhood when it took power.
At the same time that the Ministry of Education announced the rescindment of amendments forced by the Brotherhood on the curriculums, it also implemented changes to the curriculums at the beginning of the school year, when it removed a course titled "The Difference Between a Revolution and a Coup" from the curriculum of high school seniors. It further put a stop to the printing of their psychology and sociology textbook, which contained references to this long-taught distinction between revolutions and coups, and included long-winded phrases and sentences that spoke of the differences between popular revolutions and military coups. Amendments to school curriculums also involved reprinting the high school-level National Education textbook, when it was found to include pictures of Muslim Brotherhood figures such as Saad el-Katatni and Osama Yassin, as well as pictures of Ayman Nour. Another subject dropped from the curriculum was the one pertaining to the opinions on legitimacy, intended to be included in the National Education textbook.