 Education, Health, Youth Welfare, Social Services and JusticeJohn R. Presley
Chapter 6 in A Guide to the Saudi Arabian Economy, 1984, pp 114-125 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract With the exception of the last twenty years education in Saudi Arabia had concentrated almost entirely upon teaching the Muslim religion to the young male members of the population. With the expansion of educational facilities during the last decade the teaching of Islam has remained the focal point of the educational system. The education policy document published in 1970 stated that the basis of policy was the ‘duty of acquainting the individual with his God and religion and adjusting his conduct in accordance with the teaching of religion, the fulfilment of the need of society and in achievement of the nation’s objectives’.1 There have been two fundamental developments particularly in the last decade. These have been the widening of education to include females, although maintaining a strict segregation of the sexes and second the utilisation of the educational system to overcome manpower problems associated with economic development. Keywords: Saudi Arabia; Development Plan; Vocational Training; Sport Club; Youth Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05741-2_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05741-2_6 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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