Riyadh — The private and foreign education sector has incurred additional losses after the sudden withdrawal of around 300,000 students from schools as parents choose remote study for kindergarten and elementary school education for the new academic year
Speaking on the matter, Ibrahim Al-Hamlan said that the private school sector did not get enough time to properly plan for the new academic year due to the communication gap with the concerned authorities.
Al-Hamlan emphasized the need for an effective partnership between the relevant government agencies and the private sector to grow the education sector.
“The participation rate of private education is seven percent currently, and the percentage of private and foreign education combined was 13 percent,” he added while calling for creating an independent body for the growth of the private education sector.
“a body based on genuine partnership with the public sector to lay down strategic plans for its development, and that is in cooperation and coordination with the rest of the relevant authorities.
“The existence of such a body is necessary to avoid taking decisions without in-depth studies and working out proper mechanisms with regard to the scheduling of their implementation,” he added.
