Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »

 

Category Archives: Education Institute

Tutors learn the law the hard way

Four expatriates, three of them teachers, were briefly detained on Monday evening for giving private tuition at the Hai Al-Wazarat area in the Saudi capital. They were later released with a warning to refrain from doing so in the future.

Sri Lankan student wins award

The Saudi Arabian Toastmasters Annual Conference (SATAC) 2014 was held in Riyadh recently. The event also featured the Gaveliers’ International Speech Contest in which Adnan Niyas, a 10th grader at Jeddah’s Sri Lankan International School bagged the first prize. “The

2,000 Saudis graduate in various disciplines

The state-owned Riyadh Technical College (RTC) under the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) celebrated on Monday the graduation of its 2,000 students and trainees in various technical disciplines, including petrochemical technology, aircraft industry, airport maintenance, petroleum and advanced technology,

More Saudization to yield more work visas

The Labor Ministry announced Sunday that it would allow firms in the high and medium green categories of Nitaqat to recruit foreign workers required for the expansion of their business activities. However, the same privilege will not be available for

Schools shut for charging fees illegally

The Ministry of Education has shut down 129 private and international schools and slapped fines on several others in the wake of reports of a number of violations of the ministry’s regulations. According to sources, the violations involved imposing registration

IISD initiative promotes love of reading among students

The International Indian School-Dammam (IISD) recently organized various activities to commemorate the Library Week. The weeklong activities included literary competitions, such as quizzes on books and authors, an intra-school debate on books and the Internet era, slogan and poster-making competitions

‘Value-based education is the need of the hour’

The upcoming generation has to face greater number of challenges to compete with modern society. “In such a scenario, imparting value-based education is vital to overcome such challenges,” said Shaukat Perwez, principal, International Indian School-Riyadh (IISR). He was speaking while

Saudi graduate scores big in South Korea

A Saudi graduate from a leading university in South Korea has been employed by a top engineering firm in that country. Fuad J. Al-Fagheeh graduated from Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Seoul Tech) recently and was then employed

116 Saudis graduate from German institute

A total of 116 young Saudi students graduated from the German-run Technical Trainers College (TTC) in Riyadh on Tuesday after completing their three-year Bachelor of Engineering Technology degrees. According to the TTC, 247 students graduated in the academic year 2013/2014.

Higher council to stamp out domestic violence demanded

A top Saudi rights activist has called for the establishment of a higher council for family affairs to address concerns over the growing number of physical and sexual abuse cases and the lack of shared community spirit to protect children.

Sports, cultural activities for students this summer

The Education Ministry launches next week 720 summer clubs to provide sports, cultural and various life skills activities for thousands of students across the country. Muhammad Al-Qahtani, general supervisor of extra-curricular activities at the Tatweer program of the ministry, said

Students’ drone design takes flight

Engineering students at King Khaled University in Asir have just completed the design phase of their program to build a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which they plan to use for aerial photography. Professor Tawfiq Khatab, head of the

Foundation donates learning modules for autistic children

The Jeddah Autism Center received more than 64 boxes of educational material and modules called “education entertainment” as experiment to teach the autistic children of the center from the Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Foundation as their social responsibility toward the society

Malaysia honors students who graduated from IUM

Malaysian students were among some thousands of students hailing from different countries around the world who have successfully graduated from the Islamic University of Madinah Al-Munawwarah (IUM) in its 50th graduation ceremony held recently. Mohammed Khalid A. Razak, consul general

Schools launch drive to preserve textbooks

Several elementary schools at the Royal Commission of Jubail (RCJ) recently launched a campaign urging students to take care of their textbooks. The drive aims to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining textbooks as a religious and ethical obligation

Research thrives at KAU’s English Language Institute

The English Language Institute (ELI) at the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah is making new forays in the fields of teaching, research and professional development achieving ever-new frontiers in the pursuit of excellence. With the CEA accreditation for the

Indian-Americans declared co-champions of Spelling Bee

Two spellers were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee — the first time in 52 years. Indian-Americans Sriram Hathwar of New York and Ansun Sujoe of Texas shared the title Thursday after a riveting final-round duel in which

Elementary schools to teach English language

MADINAH – English language will now be taught from fourth grade in all schools in the Kingdom, Minister of Education Prince Khalid Al-Faisal was quoted as saying by Al-Watan Arabic language daily on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Custodian of the

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