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  • Women’s Education at Western Universities in Qatar and the UAE

    Qatar and the UAE have led the way in partnering with western universities to develop branch campuses. These campuses help boost economic development and a transition toward a knowledge-based economy, while also facilitating diplomatic partnerships and improving host countries’ image abroad. The development of western branch campuses, which comes in conjunction with a renewed push for women’s education, forms part of a larger agenda of social liberalization and state branding.

  • Shoura asks Ministry of Education to reconsider the 3-semester system

    The council called on the ministry to evaluate the application of the three-semester system in public education schools too so as to come out with recommendations whether to continue the system or revert to the mid-term system with the necessary amendments to it. The council also urged the ministry to reconsider the application of the tracks in public secondary schools in line with international best practices in the field of secondary education.

  • Sommet Education starts training next generation of Saudi Arabia Tourism professionals

    The first group of Saudi students arrived at les Roches Global Hospitality Education on its campus in Marbella, Spain. This short program aims at equipping students with the fundamentals of Tourism Business and Operations from understanding housekeeping Operation to Customer Experience or Sales and negotiation skills.

  • Reconceptualizing the Role of Education in the Arab World: Video

    Reconceptualizing the Role of Education in the Arab World: The absence of a clear goal for the education system in the Arab region and the failure to involve teachers in improvement and reform initiatives may disrupt the real development process we aspire to.

  • UAE’s educational reforms will ’empower future generations of independent thinkers’: Expert

    The restructuring included a slew of appointments as well as the establishment of the Federal Authority for Quality and Standards of Education, which will measure educational outcomes, student performance, and the efficiency of the educational process.

  • Saudi’s education ranks 17th globally in field of citation of research outcomes according to 2021 SCImago Ranking

    Riyadh - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's education has enhanced its pioneering status globally, realizing the 17th rank globally in the field of citation of research outcomes according to the recently launched 2021 SCImago Ranking, compared with the 21st rank in 2020 and the 26th rank in 2018 in the same field.

  • Perspective: Gulf countries need to better understand the returns from education

    Centuries ago, education – especially the university variety – was reserved for society’s elite, and was more about networking than it was about improving someone’s ability to contribute to the labor market. Societal attitudes started to change following the Second World War, when economists armed with new statistical methods and high quality data demonstrated the strong relationship between education and labor market earnings. This was formalized in the human capital model of education, which viewed going to school as a temporary earnings sacrifice in the pursuit of better skills and hence higher future earnings.

  • Saudi education minister stresses importance of ‘qualitative, flexible’ education

    The ICEE is one of the largest education forums to be held in the Middle East since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on contemporary issues in education, opportunities for developing education, and exchanging expertise and experiences to enhance global competitiveness.

  • Number of Saudi universities rises to 22 in UK Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings

    The number of the Saudi universities jumped to 22 universities in the UK Times Higher Education (THE)’s Impact Rankings in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2022. As many as 3 Saudi universities were included in 2019 to increase the number of the Saudi universities to 5 universities in 2020. In 2021, the number was increased to 12 universities, and it reached 22 universities this year.

  • Syria’s Education Crisis: A Sustainable Approach After 11 Years of Conflict

    After 11 years of war in Syria, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an economic crisis, education for Syrian children and youth has been severely disrupted, leaving more than 2.4 million out of school.