Mixed schools ban only applies to locally-owned schools

24 October 2010

The planned separation of boys and girls in private foreign schools applies only to those schools owned by Saudi investors

Saudi education authorities have said that the planned separation of boys and girls in private foreign schools applies only to those schools owned by Saudi nationals, the Saudi Gazette has reported. “The ministry of education has expressly stated that while a committee exists, it is for foreign schools that are owned by Saudi investors only and does, therefore, not apply to foreign community schools that are owned by their own communities,” said Khalid al-Orabi al-Harthi, director of foreign education at the Jeddah Education Administration.

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