Tatweer Project set to Transform Education Some 1,700 male and female teachers and school administrators, representing 50 secondary schools Kingdom-wide ended their 15-day training course this week in preparation for launching Saudi Arabia’s most important educational revamp: the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Project for Developing Public Education (Tatweer). The training course took place in three ... Read more
King Abdullah Project for General Education Development A number of schools in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam have been selected for the implementation of the King Abdullah Project for General Education Development, according to Abdullah Al-Thaqafi, director general of the education administration in Makkah. The SR9 billion project will be implemented over the next six years to guarantee ... Read more	Gifted Children’s Foundation (Mawhiba) and Saudi Aramco give Students Chance to Excel With the energy of a pep rally and the emotion of a family farewell, students from Saudi Aramco’s Summer Program for the Gifted celebrated their achievements and demonstrated their newfound abilities on July 30 during an evening event in Dhahran. “I’ve had a lot of good times over the last ... Read more
Safe transport for 367,000 schoolgirls in Phase 1 About 4,200 new, air-conditioned 40-seat buses chauffeured by Saudis will be deployed as part of a project by the Ministry of Education to provide transport to and from school for 367,000 school girls in four regions of the Kingdom. Prince Khaled Abdullah Al-Meshari, deputy minister for girls education, signed an ... Read more	Free Tuition for failed Students All elementary, intermediate and high schools are to introduce free-of-charge tuitions to students who have failed or will sit for supplementary exams, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Modiri, Director of Education in the Eastern Province, stated in a circular on Wednesday. The decision considerably removes the financial burden on students. However, teachers ... Read more
300,000 Saudi students to Enroll in Colleges, Universities Universities and colleges will admit more than 300,000 high-school graduates this year, Dr. Mohammad Al-Ouhali, Deputy for Educational Affairs in the Ministry of Higher Education, said. Starting this week, the ministry will issue a weekly bulletin on seats available in universities and colleges, Dr. Al-Ouhali said. He expects the number ... Read more	Prince Sultan Thanks Education Ministry for Winning WTO Award The Kingdom has been awarded the UNWTO (Ulysses Special Jury Prize) by the World Trade Organization (WTO) for its innovation in Tourism Governance. “This is a prestigious award we have received for the Education Scholastic Tourism Program (Smile) which we launched in 2005 in cooperation with the Ministry of Education,” ... Read more