Education sector, workforce and the principal challenges in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Moumena, managing director of Edward W Kelley & Partners talks about the education sector and the principal challenges.
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Mohammed Moumena, managing director of Edward W Kelley & Partners talks about the education sector and the principal challenges.
Well they have to reform public education and by public I mean pre-university education. The reform shouldn’t come before establishing what the problems are. In my opinion, the only reason to establish what the problems are, is to have a uniform national exam for the country. You know, it’s alright that you have Kuwaiti public schools, it’s alright that you have British private schools, American or French or what have you. Of course for people who are going to Britain, they have to take exams that are required by the universities in Britain.
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Education has been the governmental priority for some time now, since the days of the late King Abdullah. A lot of resources have been invested in education. I believe this is the right way for the country to develop. The most important thing in the sector is the type of education the country needs. We certainly need more practical and applied education, rather than theoretical education. Now, we need industries, we need doctors and engineers. We need applied, practical and scientific education.
In addition, according to Ninth Development Plan by Ministry of Economic & Planning, increasing life expectancy (74 years) which is leading to an ageing population in need for specific and costly health services (> 60 years are growing from 4% to 7% in 2020).
We want to offer the best of programs, the best facilities, but we have limitations because we are a private entity. I think this is a greater challenge. I am very proud to be in this industry, because it is evergreen. There will always be people who say that education is not important.
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Despite Western media relentlessly branding Saudi Arabia an archaic, backwards-oriented Islamic monarchy, the kingdom has done bold steps which aim to get its population back to work by diversifying its energy-oriented economy, empowering women to study work and by embracing the digital age like few other Arab countries.
Located in the heart of the Plateau in Abidjan, Pigier Côte d’Ivoire is one of the first institutions in the country, providing students with multidisciplinary programs such as management, trade, administration, communication, IT and telecommunications.
Jérémie N’Gouan, Head of Pigier Côte d’Ivoire, mentions some of the challenges to be faced by the institution.