From Arab News: Key scientific centers to revolutionize education

JEDDAH: Education Minister Prince Faisal bin Abdullah announced Wednesday the government’s plan to establish 14 scientific centers in various parts of the Kingdom as part of the King Abdullah Project for the Development of Public Education (Tatwir).

“These 14 centers will be established in the first phase and additional such centers will be established in major cities in the coming years,” Prince Faisal said while presiding over a meeting of the board of directors for scientific centers in Riyadh.

He said the new centers would revolutionize the Kingdom’s educational system. “These centers are a strategic goal for nontraditional education,” he said, adding that a number of advanced and attractive educational institutions would be established under them.


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