This study focused on evaluating the School-based Reform (SBR) program, introduced by the Egyptian ministry of education in its national strategic plan 2007/2008-2011/2012, by exploring the perspectives of policy-officials at the central ministry. The study adopted an evaluative qualitative analysis approach with the aim of evaluating and reviewing the SBR program, identifying its strengths and weaknesses, and realizing some strategies that can be considered by policy-makers and key-players to enhance the future implementation of the SBR program in Egypt. It was built mainly on data gathered using semi-structured interviews with five policy-officials at the central level who are aware of the major current and future initiatives of the ministry, particularly those aimed at empowering schools and enhancing their autonomy. The study targeted the Egyptian pre-university education system, which is the largest in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) and among the largest in the world. The study addresses the issue of decentralization, described as one of the most important recent phenomena in education, under the SBR program.