Ministry to set up 509 Summer Clubs

Tuesday, 03 July 2007
By Kholood F. Al-Rhamah

SOME SR17 million has been allocated by the Ministry of Education to establish 509 summer clubs to benefit 100,000 students all over the Kingdom.

The ministry will hire some 4,800 teachers for the clubs. They will be followed up on and evaluated by the Educational and Administrational Committee.

The clubs aim to help students make good use of their time in the summer by learning about social awareness, accomplishing goals and time management.

Training courses from car maintenance and fixing tools to literature will be offered.
Signboards in public places, flyers in schools and websites will be used by the ministry to encourage participation.

Registered Saudi students could join the clubs for free. Certain clubs sensitive to the privacy of the Muslim women will be made available.

Student participants will receive awards and appreciation certificates by the end of training.
Talented ones get recommendation letters in their specialty.

Dr. Naser Al-Garny, Head of the Students' Activities Committee in the Ministry of Education, said standard procedures in choosing teachers and administrators for these clubs will be observed.

Candidates for the job must be educators working for the ministry, should be distinguished in their academic performance, have the ability to guide students well by sponsoring their productive ideas according to Islamic teaching, and have at least two years' experience as teacher and administrator, he said.