The Ministry of Education has announced that teaching curricula printed before 2009 (1430H) are not to be used and stressed the need to use the new curricula as of the upcoming academic year. The ministry said the decision to cancel the old curricula “is not subject to discussion and should be implemented equally in the boys' and girls' schools in the big cities, governorates, villages and rural complexes.” The ministry, represented by the education administrations, has called on principals of government and private schools to contact it to secure sufficient quantities of books in the new curricula, which will be distributed to male and female students at the beginning of the 2010-2011 (1431-1432H) academic year on Sept. 25. In another educational development, the Girls' Education Administration in Taif has deposited SR17 million in the accounts of the female students in special education, Qur'an memorization schools and girls who receive allowances because they are too far from their homes. Salim Bin Hilal Al-Zahrani, Director General of Education for Girls in Taif, said these entitlements are for the second semester until the end of the summer vacation. He said more than 7,000 female students receive them. In another development, Hamad Bin Mansour Al-Omran, Director of Education in Hail Region, appointed Falha Bint Attallah Al-Shammari as director of Comprehensive Quality Management in Hail Education Administration, for a period of one year. She will have all powers stipulated by regulations and directives. Al-Omran said having women in effective roles as partners in decision-making at the administration level instills the principle of integration between men and women so they can work together to upgrade the education process in Hail Region.
