How is TVTC working with other stakeholders to develop a unified vision for the training segment?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmed Alfahaid, Governor, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Articles & Analysis | Expanding the role of the private sector in Saudi Arabia's education and training sector from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Saudi Arabia is a youthful country, with a third of its population 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...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia training young people with the skills to meet labour market needs from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Bridging the gap between university and employment, and translating potential into a skill set that is in demand is a challenge faced by graduates all over the world. The OECD reports that 20% of people aged 20-24 are not employed, in school or in training. In Saudi Arabia 36.6% of this age group was unemployed in 2014, according to the “Saudi...
Articles & Analysis | Higher education in Saudi Arabia collaborating with industry in research from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Saudi Arabia’s higher education sector has grown dramatically in recent years, both in the number of students and in the number of tertiary institutions in the Kingdom. In 2009 there were just 20 universities, but by 2015 this had increased to 35 and, over the same period, the numbers of new students enrolling had increased by almost 40%, from...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmed Aleissa, Minister of Education: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Body copy Given new budget constraints, how is the Ministry of Education (MoE) looking to use its resourcesmore efficiently and effectively?
Articles & Analysis | Diversifying Saudi Arabia's education and training sector to achieve development goals from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
For the first time in recent years the budget for education fell year-on-year in 2016, leaving ministers and officials with some stark choices about how best to spend their allocation. On December 28, 2015, the day the government’s spending plans were announced, crude oil was trading at $37 a barrel, having fallen from the most recent peak of...