Saudi Arabia achieves 96% literacy rate

[Mosamania]

Saudi Arabia achieves 96% literacy rate​

RIYADH — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made major strides in illiteracy eradication over the past 40 years.

“The Kingdom brought down the level of illiteracy in the country from 60 percent in 1972 to 4 percent in 2012,” said a statement issued by the Ministry of Education on the occasion of the World Day of Illiteracy Eradication Friday.

The Kingdom started efforts to eradicate illiteracy by educating adults in 1954, it added.

According to the ministry’s recent Web posting, the general realization to get educated has made students join schools in all parts of the Kingdom and pushed up the rate of children going to school to 98.7 percent.

“However, the efforts to educate elderly people, who missed their chance to be literate previously, have been continuing without any letup,” Undersecretary for Boys Education at the Ministry of Education Abdul Rahman Al-Barrak said, adding that the efforts would not end until all old people acquire learning skills.

Al-Barrak said the Kingdom succeeded in making a drastic cut in the level of illiterates because of the encouragement received from the government.

The old Qur’an schools and the private schools played a significant role in spreading literacy among all sections of the people until the General Secretariat for Adult Education was established in 1984.

The first syllabus for the adult education and illiteracy eradication was laid down in 1956. A major feature of the syllabus was to reduce the period of education to three years and then one more year was added to the plan.

The four-year study was followed by a period of follow up and after that the adult was eligible for a primary school certificate.

In 1972, the Adult Education and Illiteracy Eradication Regulation was issued. The regulation defined the general policy for education and literacy drives underscoring the obligation of the state and the private sector in educating the aged people.

A committee was also set up under the minister of education. The committee also issued some statutes aimed at adult education plans keeping in line with the world developments in the topic.

According to the latest official study there are 3,085 adult schools with 82,797 male and female students in the Kingdom. More than 10,200 teachers are serving in those schools. While the study put the number of male schools at 729 with 12,638 men studying in them, there are 2,358 women’s schools in which 70,158 women are studying. — SPA

Saudi Gazette - Saudi Arabia achieves 96% literacy rate

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Only 4% more to go.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Well done KSA...

 

[TopCat]

Masallah.........

How many people received education through adult literacy program.

I know UN does not encourage adult literacy program and in BD we abandoned that program some 30 years ago.

 

[Hashshāshīn]

Very good. I hope other countries also improve their education standards too, instead of getting their education from extremist mullahs.

 

[al-Hasani]

Literacy brings joy to scores of elderly

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TABUK: ARAB NEWS

Published — Saturday 21 June 2014

Last update 21 June 2014 12:45 am

More than 450 elderly men and women have joined adult education classes in various towns in Tabuk, resulting in many experiencing the joy of reading the Holy Qur'an for the first time.
The Ministry of Education launched the classes two months ago, which are part of its summer literacy program.
In one of the classes in Al-Jahra, Mufreh Al-Anazi raised his hand to ask his teacher permission to recite chapter Al-Nas which he learned by heart when he was younger. He learned to read only after joining the class. He recited the verses along with his classmates.
"This is the happiest moment of my life. I hope this will make up for the things I could not learn when I was younger, because of difficult circumstances in my life," Al-Anazi told the Saudi Press Agency.
Kateb Al-Anazi, 70, another avid learner, expressed similar sentiments. "When I joined the class, I did not know how to read or write because I was a shepherd. With the persuasion of my friends and a desire to read the Holy Qur'an, I finally made up my mind to join the class."
Jamaan Al-Anazi, 80, said that he was impressed with the government's literacy drive.
There are about 300 Saudi learners who joined the classes, which includes a dawa program to educate participants about religious and worldly matters, including social issues, said Ghanim Al-Anazi, executive director of the campaign and director of the Taima education office.
He said more than 150 elderly women also joined the program. Twelve women are teaching them lessons on culture, religion, health and social matters. They would eventually participate in community programs and contests to memorize the Holy Qur'an.
''We found these ladies determined to learn reading and writing, and gain other knowledge," said Huda Abu Khaysha, director of adult education at the education department in Tabuk and executive president of the summer literacy campaign.
Umm Muhammad, 60, thanked the government, particularly Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, for helping her and other illiterate women to read and write.
"This campaign has given me the opportunity to learn the Holy Qur'an, which I missed out on when I was young," she said.

Literacy brings joy to scores of elderly | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

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It’s never too late! Saudi Arabian man attends school at age 90

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By Saudi Gazette | Tabuk
Monday, 5 May 2014

A 90-year-old Saudi Arabian is determined to complete his education despite his old age. Awaid Raja Al-Anji was not deterred by his long years or foot pain to join the class of adult education in Al-Jahra center in the Tayma region in Tabuk province.

"Despite the severe pain in my foot and leg as a result of a recent car accident, I am determined to complete my education," he said.

The department of education in the region has launched a campaign to eliminate illiteracy from the villagers in the province.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/var...-late-Saudi-man-attends-school-at-age-90.html

Map of the location of Tabuk in Northern Hijaz:
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Tayma - Arabian Rock Art Heritage

Archaeological research at the oasis of Tayma, Saudi Arabia | Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
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[T90TankGuy]

What a marvelous achievement . brilliant !!!! great job.

 

[Rizwan Alam]

Great... What is the criteria???

 

[Fukuoka]

Easy when you're not under embargo and attacked
I'am still waiting for the saudis inventions

KSA would just be like Saddam making scores of dead arabs with their wars, and be able to kill 200 USA terrorists when they are attacked by their former master

 

[al-Hasani]

What a marvelous achievement . brilliant !!!! great job.

The literacy level is probably around 98 or 99% today. This news is 2 years old. I just posted the most recent news in this existing thread rather than opening a new one.

Great... What is the criteria???

What do you mean? To be able to read and write. The same criteria applies everywhere in the world I guess when it comes to being literate.

 

[Dubious]

When is it reaching 100%?

 

[al-Hasani]

When is it reaching 100%?

It's diffucult to tell. Can it ever reach 100% in any country given that some people always never learn to read and write due to limitations of their own?

I think that it is very close to reaching the highest possible percentage. Probably the only ones that are still illiterate are a small part of the very old generation. Often people from the lowest social classes.

But for that group of people the mentioned literacy programs (often during summer) have been initiated and they have for years worked to eradicate illiteracy. Like the news I posted show.

 

[Ayush]

great job

 

[Frosty]

When is it reaching 100%?

Give it a few years until someones nanny dies.

 

[Hakan]

This is a shame even north korea is ahead.
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Its outdated but its funny to see the rankings.
Literacy Rates / Countries of the World

 

[SAMEET]

Easy when you're not under embargo and attacked
I'am still waiting for the saudis inventions

KSA would just be like Saddam making scores of dead arabs with their wars, and be able to kill 200 USA terrorists when they are attacked by their former master

you are muslim imposter mister @least congrants the saudi arab and go !