CAIRO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's House of Representatives approved a cooperation agreement signed by the Egyptian and Chinese governments to develop the distance education system, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The deal, worth 79 million Chinese yuan (11.5 million U.S. dollars), includes "improving the electronic devices used in applying the system, replacing old educational tools, and providing some 57 sites with the latest technological equipment," the report added.

Signed in October 2018, the deal aimed at boosting cooperation between the two countries in the field of distance education in light of the strategic ties between Egypt and China.