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  • Extremism
    Education plays key role in fight against extremism

    An overhaul of the educational system has become necessary amid reports that some deviant ideology is being taught in public schools, where books with objectionable content have been prescribed. This syllabus should also meet the needs of the Saudi markets in terms of providing decent jobs to young Saudis.

  • Early Childhood Education
    Improving the Lives of Children: Early Education in the Middle East

    “Saudi Arabia is a very young country. We [were] an extended family where everyone took care of each other, and then the oil came,” says Al-Dakheel. Young children spent a significant amount of time with foreign nannies from countries such as the Philippines and Sri Lanka, she notes, adding that the nannies often were not well-educated and, for the most part, had no linguistic ability in either English or Arabic. “It creates an environment where children aren’t able to learn their languages at a very critical age.”

  • Education
    Changing the face of education in Saudi Arabia

    “There are almost no Saudi teachers,” he says. “The vast majority of teachers in Saudi Arabia are not Western expats like me, they’re Egyptians or Jordanians or Syrians or from Yemen. “A lot of them are great teachers, but they haven’t had the sort of grounding that we would have for example in a Master of Teaching program. They need a lot of professional development.

  • Women's Education
    Opinion: How To Improve Educational Opportunities For Saudi Women

    Public separation of women and men is one of the most vexing issues facing Saudi colleges for girls. According to Article 155 of the Educational Policy of Saudi Arabia, mixing the sexes is forbidden at all levels of education, except in pre-school education.  For over 40 years, the “studio” system has torn nearly 22 universities apart. Only medical colleges and universities are exempted from this educational system. This has allowed women studying medicine to realize great success worldwide, according to a 2010 report on Saudi women’s achievements by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education.