Saudi Arabia is a youthful country, a third of its population being under the age of 15, and in recent years the country’s leaders have invested billions of dollars to educate these young people to lead the planned transformation of the country from an oil-rich state to a diversified, knowledge-based economy. School enrolment numbers and university graduation statistics have improved, though...
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Chapter | Education & Training from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
2016 witnessed the launch of the Kingdom’s historic Vision 2030 and the accompanying National Transformation Programme, both of which call for a major overhaul of the state’s economic apparatus and envision a more open market framework and more dynamic, private sector-led growth moving ahead.
Articles & Analysis | Morocco focuses on broadening access to education from The Report: Morocco 2016
Ensuring access to education has been a prime objective for Morocco over the past couple of decades, and recent indicators illustrate significant progress. The primary level net enrolment ratio, for instance, rose from 71% to 99% between 1999 and 2013, according to the report “Education For All 2000-15” by UNESCO, and the number of public...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hervé Biausser, President, CentraleSupélec; and Vice-President, Ecole Centrale Casablanca: Interview from The Report: Morocco 2016
What challenges is Morocco facing in training qualified engineers to enter the workforce?
Chapter | Education & Research from The Report: Morocco 2016
Ensuring access to education has been a prime objective for Morocco over the past couple of decades, and recent indicators show significant progress. This comes on the back of major efforts to reform the education system through strategies such as the National Charter of Education 1999-2005 and the Emergency Plan 2009-12. The government has also maintained a high level of public spending on...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hussain Al Hammadi, Minister of Education: Interview from The Report: Dubai 2016
How is advanced technology being used in educational spaces to improve the learning environment for both staff and students?