Female locals in Saudi, for the first time, will teach boys in public primary schools. This is to improve the quality of education, Arab News reported.
The Ministry of Education, through its Early Childhood Schools Project, has allowed women to conduct classes to 13.5 percent of young boys in 1,460 state-run primary schools.
The ministry’s assistant director general Suaad Al-Mansour said that the project aims to improve primary education and maximize space and public school buildings.
In a report by Arab News, Al-Mansour noted that a female teacher is more approachable and less intimidating for young boys at the stage of early childhood.
“This project will bridge the gap young boys used to face after moving from kindergarten to primary school. The classes at early childhood schools are specially designed to fit their needs at this age, and being taught by women will give them a more fruitful learning experience,” Arab News quoted Al-Mansour as saying.
The Early Childhood Project will include kindergartens for boys and girls aged four to five years old, as well as the first three primary levels for those aged six to eight years old.
The ministry also aims to increase enrollment in public kindergarten schools by 21 percent before the year ends. It has set up over 3,000 classes to accommodate more than 80,000 kids.
