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English — The Key to Success? |
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Written by Hugh Bermingham
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:09 |
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Arab News These days English has become a vital requirement for employers and employees alike, not just in Saudi Arabia but across the world. English is the medium of global communication -- for business, of course, but for so much else as well. Anyone wanting to succeed in today’s global village who does not have English might not have a chance. A number of countries have decided to switch their education system to English so as to make their economies more competitive in future, Malaysia being a notable case. Saudi Arabia is following that route, at least in part. The number of private secondary schools teaching in English is increasing, mainly to meet parents’ demand. At the tertiary level, the new flagship university, KAUST, is an entirely English-language institution. At other universities many subjects, such as medicine, engineering, IT, economics and business studies, are taught in English. Other subjects will join the list. Saudis wanting to study them have to have English. There is no alternative. Moreover, in a country that wants to create a high-skilled workforce able to compete in the world, it is clear that the need for English is only going to grow. The sooner, therefore, we start to be exposed to English the better, but there are other factors which make language acquisition much easier for young Saudis which can be addressed at any stage. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:25 |
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Where do we lack in distance education? |
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Written by Sarah Abdullah
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:09 |
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Arab News Saudi Arabia has been slower than most countries in accepting distance education as a trustworthy method of delivering higher education. Instead, the Kingdom prefers an education system that is physical and in which students attend classrooms on a daily basis.Nonetheless, this does not take away the fact that the Kingdom is suffering from a manpower shortage in several fields including engineering, aviation, science, health, agriculture, biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology.Saudi graduates currently meet only a fifth of the country’s employment needs with 68 percent of science jobs being filled by graduates from abroad. For example, 60,000 pharmacists are presently needed annually, yet only 100 students graduate from this field in Saudi Arabia each year.It is for this reason that Saudi Arabia in September announced the “Aafaq” (or “Horizon”) initiative, a 25-year plan that is being overseen by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) to improve higher education by building new universities and colleges to turn out local graduates to satisfy the country’s employment needs.But why spend billions on the construction of new universities and proceed with such a time-consuming plan instead of utilizing distance education and the graduates it can produce to fill the shortage of local talent? |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:13 |
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Riyadh to Host Education Exhibit |
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Written by Abdullah Hajar
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Monday, 25 January 2010 19:21 |
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RIYADH: A global higher education exhibition will be held at the Riyadh International Exhibition Center between Jan. 26-29, with famous universities from around the world participating. According to a statement from event organizers, there are seven private universities and 20 private colleges in various parts of the Kingdom. The government has also allowed charitable foundations to open academic institutions. http://iehe.mohe.gov.sa/en/files/brochure.pdf |
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 January 2010 20:07 |
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Written by Abdullah Hajar
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Monday, 25 January 2010 18:33 |
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Every year on February 2, more than 1 million students across the United States begin a year-long program in which they tour job sites, shadow workers, and participate in on-the-job activities that provide them with an up-close look at the world of work and help them answer the question "Why do I have to learn this?". Students who participate in the "Groundhog Job Shadow Day" program have the opportunity throughout the year to shadow scientists, firefighters, designers, mechanics, teachers, government employees, and workers from more than 100,000 participating businesses. Designed to offer students the opportunity to see what a real job is like, the program shows students that they have choices in life, motivates them to set long term goals, and helps them make the connection between what they learn in the classroom and what they need to learn to achieve their goals. The articles below provide more information about the Job Shadowing Program and career education resources. |
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Which High School Students Are Most Likely to Graduate From College? |
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Written by Kim Clark – Thu Sep 10, 4:09 pm ET
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Monday, 14 September 2009 17:04 |
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Parents: Stop fretting so much about which high school your youngsters attend or how they score on the SATs. If you want your student to make it to a bachelor's degree, it's far more important for him or her to earn at least B's in high school and reach for the best possible college. Oh, and saving a few thousand bucks by sending your kid to a community college could turn out to be an expensive mistake. Some of the nation's best-respected educational researchers are likely to reconsider much conventional wisdom today with the release of surprising findings from an analysis of educational records of more than 200,000 freshmen who started at public four-year colleges in 1999. |
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