‘Strategic Plan for Higher Education’
Samir Al-Saadi, Arab NewsSAKAKA, 30 November 2006 — Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari said at the Sixth National Dialogue Forum yesterday that his ministry had set up a strategic plan to develop higher education and upgrade the standards of education.
Anqari added that the government has approved SR8 billion for higher education projects this year.
Anqari said: “We understand that a large number of people have suffered, but people have to realize that it is due to a large number of reasons. One of the reasons was that a large number of degrees are fake.â€
Recalling a past incident he said: “We found a female doctor working at a local hospital with a phony medical certificate.â€
Anqari continued: “We found out that a number of universities were charging Saudi students much more fees than other foreign students studying in the same university. We decided to take a stand of disapproval toward such universities.â€
Arab News continues its coverage of the Sixth National Dialogue, whose topic is education.
The article consists of numerous ideas being tossed out by participants in their three-minute presentations, along with Ministry of Higher Education responses. Some of the comments seem more germane than others, however. It’s worth taking a look to see what these Saudis think needs to be done to fix the broken education system in Saudi Arabia.
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November:29:2006 - 23:59
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