The education system in saudi Arabia is primilarily the responsibility of the Ministry of education,the ministry of higher education and the General organisation for Technical education and vocational training.
Other authorities such as the ministry of defense and aviation, The presidensy of the national guard; and the ministry of the interior provide their affiliates and the children with kindergarten , Elementary , intermediate , secondary and adult education as well, follwing the EDUCATIONSRV ladder study plans and curricula formulated by Ministry of Education.
The highest authority that supervises education is the supreeme committee fir Education policy established in 1963.
According to the world bank database public spending on education is 6.8 percent of GDP and public spending on Education as percentage of government expenditure is 27.6 percent in 2004.
EDUCATION spending as a proportion overall spending tripled from 1970 to 2000 and neither economic growth nor the price of oil as much impact on the trend in saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Education developed “The Ministry of Education Ten – Year Plan 1425–1435 (2004–2014)” which set the following goals for that ten year period:
The Education of 4-6-year-old children and the consideration of kindergarten as an independent stage in terms of its buildings and syllabi from other education stage
Other authorities such as the ministry of defense and aviation, The presidensy of the national guard; and the ministry of the interior provide their affiliates and the children with kindergarten , Elementary , intermediate , secondary and adult education as well, follwing the EDUCATIONSRV ladder study plans and curricula formulated by Ministry of Education.
The highest authority that supervises education is the supreeme committee fir Education policy established in 1963.
According to the world bank database public spending on education is 6.8 percent of GDP and public spending on Education as percentage of government expenditure is 27.6 percent in 2004.
EDUCATION spending as a proportion overall spending tripled from 1970 to 2000 and neither economic growth nor the price of oil as much impact on the trend in saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Education developed “The Ministry of Education Ten – Year Plan 1425–1435 (2004–2014)” which set the following goals for that ten year period:
The Education of 4-6-year-old children and the consideration of kindergarten as an independent stage in terms of its buildings and syllabi from other education stage
- Accommodation of all age categories from 6–18 years-old at various stages of Education
- Deepening the spirit of loyalty and proud of the country through intellectual awareness based on recognizing issues of the country
- To prepare students academically, and culturally at a local and international level to be able to achieve advanced posts internationally in the fields of mathematics and sciences for the various age categories, taking into account International tests’ standards
- To organize girls’ technical education
- To develop the Educational system for students with special needs
- Development and growth of the Ministry’s personnel Educational and administrative training
- Improvement of internal and external sufficiency for the Educational system
- To develop syllabi based on Islamic values leading to the development of male and female students’ personality and to their integration in society as well as to the achievement of scientific and thinking skills and life characteristics resulting in self Education and lifelong learning
- To improve the quality of male and female teachers and to increase the citizens’ rate in the education sector to achieve the full use of Saudi human resources
- To develop the educational structure and to update the school map to meet the expected quantitative and qualitative changes in the next stage
- To develop the infrastructure of information and communication technology and its employment in Education and learning
- To develop male and female adults’ EDUCATION and to eradicate illiteracy
- The Ministry’s comprehensive administrative development
- Expansion of social participation in education
- To Establish integrated systems for accountability.