2023-06-13 14:34:46
Today, the Shura Council stressed the Ministry of Education to study the causes of frequent absence of students in general education schools, and its impact on the quality of the educational process, while developing policies and procedures and providing innovative solutions to address this.
In its decision, the council called on the ministry to examine the implications of closing some university branches in governorates and areas with dense populations far from the main headquarters, and to consider reopening them according to standards that guarantee the quality of their educational outputs.
In its decision, the Council called for supporting the efforts of the Ministry of Education to take all necessary measures to expand the number of kindergarten schools, in line with the steady increase in demand for them.
The Shura Council stressed the need to intensify efforts to announce the “Study in Saudi Arabia” platform, to attract the largest number of international students from all over the world. Adequate number of them in integration schools and institutes and centers for students with disabilities.
The Council emphasized that the Ministry – in coordination with the relevant authorities – should link the research system in universities and patents, with national needs, regional comparative advantage, and the requirements of research and development in the private sector, and set indicators to measure that.
The Council considered that the Ministry – in coordination with the relevant authorities – should study the results of professional licensing exams, and develop initiatives to develop the educational process and improve its quality, in order to ensure the achievement of the goals of professional licensing.
In the same decision, the council called on the ministry to apply best practices. To achieve the objectives of the Quality of Life Program in educational environments, in particular schools that have programs for integrating people with disabilities, he called for a review of the optimal investment initiative for educational cadres, to ensure the quality of the educational process.
On the other hand, a number of members of the Shura Council criticized the contents of the annual report of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development for the fiscal year 1443/1444 AH.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Najjar called on the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, in coordination with the relevant authorities, to work on developing plans and intensifying efforts to localize a large number of jobs in various promising economic sectors in the labor market, while conducting inspection tours to ensure that the facilities are functioning properly in this regard.
A member of the Shura Council, Dr. Rima Al-Yahya, called for breaking the monopoly of specific nationalities on the “pharmacy profession” despite the issuance of the decision to localize this profession, calling for tightening the application of the penalty for violating the nationalization of professions on high-skill positions in the private sector.
Dr. Samia Bukhari stressed that the ministry should prepare the necessary studies to show the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of jobs, what are the challenges faced by the labor force, and develop the necessary policies to protect society from increasing the unemployment rate as one of the effects of artificial intelligence on jobs.
Dr. Sultana Al-Budaiwi called for the governance of the series of procedures used to disburse support for the citizen account program on the electronic portal, in a way that contributes to the quality of the procedures and the speed of completion, noting that this will be through a number of procedural processes, including the electronic linking of the program with the rental platform and the agency of the Ministry of Interior for Civil Status.
Engineer Muhammad Al-Ali took it upon himself to demand the Ministry to nationalize the construction sector, contracts, engineering and consulting offices, and work to achieve job stability factors for Saudis in the private sector, by adopting a job salary scale for them and appointing them according to their qualifications while improving the appropriate work environment.
Dr. Latifa Al-Abdulkarim stressed the importance of the ministry studying and following up the study of the job status of employees of government agencies that have been subject to privatization of their services, especially in the fields of health and education, following the transformation and change in the job systems for those areas. To ensure job transition for Saudis and reduce any negative effects in this regard.
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