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  • Saudi education minister meets Canadian, Iraqi ambassadors

    Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Education Yousef Al-Benyan has separately met Canadian and Iraqi ambassadors to the Kingdom. Al-Benyan and Jean-Philippe Linteau discussed scientific cooperation between the Kingdom and Canada in the fields of public and university education, scientific research and innovation, as well as future cooperation opportunities.

  • The Evolving Landscape of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

    In light of the HCDP’s objectives, we will delve into several key areas for higher education improvement. These include increasing research capacity, promoting academic freedom and intellectual diversity, improving student support services, encouraging lifelong learning and continuing education, and exploring alternative higher education pathways to serve the country’s workforce and industries better. By addressing these areas, Saudi Arabia can continue to build a robust, competitive, and innovative higher education system that supports the nation’s growth and the aspirations of its citizens.

  • Saudi Arabia boosts space education after success of ISS mission

    Saudi Arabia has launched a scholarship programme that will help more students pursue higher education in space-related fields. The new study bursary comes after the kingdom launched Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Al Qarni on an eight-day science mission to the International Space Station on May 22. To build a long-term space programme, Saudi Arabia is now encouraging more young people to pursue space careers and become space scientists, engineers and astronauts.

  • Saudi Vision 2030: Why the Kingdom is becoming a hub in EdTech education

    The importance of education in supporting the success of Saudi Vision 2030 can’t be overstated.  The transformation of the economy through discovery and innovation across a multitude of sectors ranging from digital services to life sciences and clean sustainable energy requires a well-educated workforce.

  • UAE announces major education change for students

    The UAE Ministry of Education has announced changes to allow students more freedom to select subjects tailored to their abilities and interests. The UAE Ministry of Education has introduced a new model for the eleventh and twelfth-grade students in the general and advanced streams in public and private schools that implement the Ministry’s curriculum, to allow them to choose elective subjects.

  • Education Ministry inks agreements to train 255 Saudi doctors in Germany, Sweden and Ireland

    This has led to the provision of 255 training seats — 130 in Germany, 50 in Sweden, and 75 in Ireland. The agreements were signed within the framework of official visits by the delegation of the Ministry of Education to a number of European countries, which comes as a continuation of the support of international partnerships. The specialties include anesthesiology, cardiac surgery, adult nephrology, neurosurgery, adult oncology, pediatric surgery, respiratory medicine, radiation oncology, as well as vascular surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and nursing. The agreement’s key aim is to enhance the capabilities of health cadres, and expand the training opportunities available globally, in various health specializations.

  • Afghanistan: Erdogan calls Taliban ban on women’s education ‘un-Islamic’

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the Taliban’s order to ban university and primary education for Afghanistan's women as “unIslamic”, promising to follow the issue until it is resolved in a televised speech on Wednesday. “It is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said while addressing an international conference on ombudsmanship in Ankara.

  • Education, commerce ministers open new Saudi Business Center branch

    Saudi Education Minister Yousef Al-Benyan and Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi on Monday inaugurated the Saudi Business Center branch at the Ministry of Education in Riyadh. Head of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, also took part in the ceremony attended by leaders of government agencies, and investors in the private education sector.

  • Saudi education panel bans abaya in exam halls

    The Saudi Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) announced yesterday that young female students will not be allowed to wear abaya, the traditional Saudi dress for women, during examination period. The ETEC stressed that female students should abide by school uniforms while inside exam halls adding that the uniform should comply with effective regulations while also adhering to public decency.

  • Education minister explores possibility of Boston University opening Saudi branch

    Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al Sheikh discussed with Boston University's President Dr. Robert Brown the possibility of opening a branch of the US university in the Kingdom as well as forging partnerships with various Saudi universities Al Sheikh visited Boston University in the United States on Wednesday and met with the university's President, as part of his tour of American universities and research centers. During the meeting, they discussed the possibility of increasing the number of Saudi students on scholarships accepted by the university, providing them with possible facilities, as well as identifying the most significant research centers at the university and collaborating with them.