397 New Schools Ready on Schedule

Wednesday, 05 December 2007
By Kholood F. Al-Rhamah

JEDDAH - The Ministry of Education finished building on schedule 397 schools for girls, at a cost of SR1.659 billion. At least 223,284 students will soon move into the new schools that have big classrooms and modern scientific labs and equipment, said Abdul Rahman Bin Ibrahim Al-Ahmed, undersecretary at the Ministry of Education.

Hiring of teachers and faculty members will begin soon, he said. About 940 other schools for girls, worth SR5.235 billion, are being constructed for at least 603,955 students, said Al-Ahmed.
Some of the school buildings in the Kingdom are old and dilapidated. Girls at two schools in Taif were recently evacuated temporarily to another school building for this reason.