Education In Saudi Arabia

Presented byDr. Saleh Meamar

The Agenda• General Information:Location of Saudi Arabia on the world mapThe AreaPopulationEconomyThe main parts of Saudi Arabia• Education in Saudi Arabia:The supervision of education in Saudi ArabiaPublic EducationTeacher’s Colleges and College of Education

General Information• Location of

Saudi Arabia on the world map.

• Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that separate Asia continent from Africa continent which are Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Israel , and Gaza

General Information • The Area: 830,000 Sq.

mi. ( Saudi Arabia), 3,618,765 Sq. mi. (U.S.)• Population : 22,757

people in Saudi Arabia, and 278,059,000 people in U.S.

General Information(cont.)

• Economy : 25% of the world oil reserves petroleum and petrochemicals dominate export 10 millions tanks every day ,and 85% of its export is oil products.

• The main parts of Saudi Arabia: (look at next slide)

General Information(cont.)Map of Saudi Arabia

General Information(cont.)Map of Saudi Arabia

East Part : where the oil is.West Part : where the tow holey cities Makkah and

Madinah are where the Muslims people come to perform Hajj which is one of the pillar of Islam religion.

Middle Part : where the capital of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) is.North Part : where the boundary between Iraq, Jordon, and

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia South Part : where the cold weather in the Summer and

agriculture.

Education In Saudi Arabia

• The supervision of education in Saudi Arabia: There are three institution responsible about education as the following:

Ministry of Education: Now it is for male and female, and it was (before 2002) two branches one is Ministry of Education for male and the another one is Institution of Female Education.

Ministry of Higher Education: Eight old public universities , three new universities, one female university, some private colleges, and some more private universities in the future.

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The Institution of Technical Education and Vocational Training:

Technical Institutions. Training Schools

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Technical Junior College (2-3 Years).

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•Public Education:The education ladder: consists of three stages excluding.Kinder garden:

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Elementary Stage : ( six years )Intermediate stage : ( three years )Secondary stage : ( three years )

Education In Saudi Arabia(cont.)• Teacher’s Colleges and College of Education: Teachers Colleges: (Bachelor Degree)Students

who graduate from these colleges are going to teach in elementary stage.

For Male: One year ago, they were 18 colleges around the country ,and they were belong to Ministry of Education(40,000 student ).

Now, they are attached to the universities belong to Ministry of Higher Education

Education In Saudi Arabia(cont.) For Female: One year ago, they were mixed

with Female Colleges belong to Ministry of Education.

Now, they are attached to the universities belong to Ministry of Higher Education.

Note:- All those colleges for males and females are developed from institution ( three years after the elementary stage to junior college)

Education In Saudi Arabia(cont.)College of Education: (Bachelor Degree)

Students who graduate from these colleges are going to teach in intermediate and secondary stage.

For Male: In the past and now they are under the universities belong to Ministry of Higher Education.

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For Female: Before, some of them belong to Ministry of Education, and the others are under some universities belong to Ministry of Higher Education. They were 97 colleges in the hole country including the Female Teacher Colleges.

Now, some of them are attached to some universities belong to Ministry of Higher Education and the others are under new Female Universities.

Education In Saudi Arabia(cont.)