Education management system

The education system in Saudi Arabia, is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education and the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training. Other authorities such as the Ministry of Defense and Aviation; the Presidency of the National Guard; and the Ministry of the Interior provide their affiliates and children with kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, secondary and adult education as well, following the educational ladder, study plans and curricula formulated by the Ministry of Education. The highest authority that supervises education in Saudi Arabia is the Supreme Committee for Educational Policy, established in 1963. [1] 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. (World Development Indicator/Edstats) Education spending as a proportion of overall spending tripled from 1970 to 2000 and neither economic growth nor the price of oil had much impact on this trend in Saudi Arabia.[2]

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:[3]

1.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
2.Accommodation of all age categories from 6–18 years-old at various stages of education
3.Deepening the spirit of loyalty and proud of the country through intellectual awareness based on recognizing issues of the country
4.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
5.To organize girls’ technical education
6.To develop the educational system for students with special needs
7.Development and growth of the Ministry’s personnel educational and administrative training
8.Improvement of internal and external sufficiency for the educational system
9.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
10.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
11.To develop the educational structure and to update the school map to meet the expected quantitative and qualitative changes in the next stage
12.To develop the infrastructure of information and communication technology and its employment in education and learning
13.To develop male and female adults’ education and to eradicate illiteracy
14.The Ministry’s comprehensive administrative development
15.Expansion of social participation in education
16.To establish integrated systems for accountability

Resource
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Saudi_Arabia