Open Data

​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The Ministry of Education is committed to providing open data for all users and continuously works on developing it, increasing access opportunities, and ease of use. The open data library provides many file formats that can be reviewed or downloaded without requiring installation, allowing some applications to benefit from them.

You can browse the Ministry of Education's open data through the open data platform Open Data Platform

Request a Data Set​

Request a data set through the Open Data Portal

Alternative Channels to Request the Service

It is possible to visit the headquarters of the Ministry of Education to obtain the service, noting that working hours start from Sunday to Thursday from 7:30 AM ​until 14:30 PMHeadquarters of the Ministry of Education ​

Open Data Directory:

Here is an explanation of each file format and how to use it:

EXCEL

They are files that contain Excel tables, and you can view them from an Excel browser for free via the Excel browser link.

PDF

You may need to install Acrobat Reader, which is freely available through the Adobe website.

CSV

You can open these files with many tools, such as Microsoft Excel, Notepad, and others.

XML

You can open these files with the user's web browsers, or with Microsoft Word or Excel, or through Notepad and the like.

HTML

You can view these files using different web browsers or Notepad.

TEXT

You can browse these files with Notepad and many other tools.

You can also contact the Education Statistics and Decision Support Center in event of any difficulties in dealing with such data via  hesc@moe.gov.sa​​

• Users of Ministry of Education data have the right to conduct any studies of any kind. This is required to maintain the integrity, validity, and accuracy of the data.
  
• The Ministry is happy to share the results of studies with it through the Education Statistics and Decision Support Center.​
• The results of studies to be published must be free from errors relating to the validity, integrity, and accuracy of the data.

​Responsibility of the Ministry of Education​:

• The Ministry of Education disclaims any responsibility for any damage or loss that may be incurred by the users of its published data from entities and individuals.
  
• This published data may be changed or deleted because of the periodic data update, as the Ministry does not guarantee the continuity of the availability of this data.​

Open data-based applications:​

The Ministry of Education is glad to welcome visitors from a variety of backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, the business sector, and government agencies, to take advantage of the Ministry's open data and to benefit technically in a variety of ways, including research, reports, and statistics. Furthermore, designing Internet applications, whether Web applications or smart device applications, mobile applications for various operating systems, such as iOS or Android, and the like.​

Main principles and general rules for data sharing:

• Enhancing the sharing of the main data produced by the Ministry of Education in order to achieve integration between the various agencies inside or outside the Kingdom and adopt the "one-time principle" to obtain data from its correct sources and reduce duplication, conflict and multiple sources.
• All parties involved in the data-sharing process must make available all the necessary information for data exchange, including: the required data, the purpose of its collection, its means of transmission, methods of storing it, the controls used to protect it and the mechanism for its disposal. ​
• Applying ethical practices during the data sharing process to ensure that it is used in a framework of justice, integrity, honesty, and respect and not only adherence to information security policies or compliance with relevant regulatory and legislative requirements.
• All parties involved in the data sharing process apply appropriate security controls to protect data and share it in a secure and reliable environment in accordance with relevant regulations and legislation, and in conformity with what is issued by the National Cyber Security Authority.
• All parties, involved in data sharing, apply appropriate security controls to protect data and share it in a secure and reliable environment in accordance with relevant regulations and legislation, and in accordance with what is issued by the National Cyber Security Authority.
• All parties, involved in the data-sharing process are jointly responsible for the decisions on data sharing and processing in accordance with the specific purposes.  This is to ensure the implementation of the security controls stipulated in the data-sharing agreement and the relevant regulations, legislation, and policies.
• All parties involved in the data-sharing process have the authority to view, obtain, and use this data.
• The data is shared for legitimate purposes based on a legal basis or a justified practical need that aims to achieve a public interest without causing any harm to national interests, the activities of the entities, the privacy of individuals, or the safety of the environment, with the exception of data and entities excluded by supreme orders.

Dataset Request:​

Request a data set through the open data portal