COVID-19 pandemic-born children begin their school journey on Sunday
RIYADH — More than four million male and female students across all three educational levels in Saudi Arabia will return to their classrooms on Sunday, Aug. 23 to mark the beginning of the new academic year. However, the education departments in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, and Taif are excluded from this return schedule. The actual start of classes in these four departments will take place with the…
On Sunday, August 23rd, Saudi Arabia's education system welcomed the return of over four million students across all levels to their classrooms for the new academic year. However, this return was not uniform, as the departments in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, and Taif will not begin classes until August 30th.
The Ministry of Education highlighted the significance of a focused and disciplined start on the first day, given that schools had recently distributed textbooks for the upcoming grades following the conclusion of previous year's final exams. This academic year also marks the entry of a new group of students - those born during the COVID-19 pandemic - into first grade at elementary schools and early childhood education centers.
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