Given pride of place in both the Kingdom’s long-term development plans and in its annual budget, education in Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a major expansion – both in terms of quantity and quality. A range of new projects were launched over 2017 and will continue into 2018, from university construction to curriculum development. Indeed, the centrality of education and training to the...
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Chapter | Education & Training from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
2017 proved a momentous year for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the various strategies related to the country’s Vision 2030 and National Transformation Plan 2020 started to take shape.
Articles & Analysis | Updated health care strategies and prevention programmes in Algeria from The Report: Algeria 2017
Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in the coverage and quality of health care services, with indicators improving steadily, alongside a decline in instances of communicable diseases. As a result, life expectancy at birth has risen from 68 years in 1995 to 76 years as of 2015, according to the latest World Bank...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform: Viewpoint from The Report: Algeria 2017
Since its independence Algeria has experienced significant socio-economic development. Efforts in the health sector led to an increase in life expectancy, rising to 77 years in 2016 from 50 in 1962. Several projects in 2017 mobilised the country in terms of demographic evolution and societal dynamism, including making accessible specialised...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mohammed Dib, General Manager, Groupe Général Maritime: Interview from The Report: Algeria 2017
Articles & Analysis | Algeria overhauls teaching methods and increases education funding from The Report: Algeria 2017
Despite strained public finances, the Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l’Education Nationale, MEN) has maintained its commitment to improving the standard of education provided to Algerian citizens. Public schooling is free and obligatory up to the lower secondary level, and additional assistance is provided to impoverished...