The Ministry of Education: Training for 12th-grade students in factories will begin next April.
The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education for Vocational and Technical Education Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Ghaith, confirmed on Tuesday that the Ministry will begin implementing a work-based training program for twelfth-grade students starting from mid-April.
During his patronage of the National Forum for Vocational and Technical Education “Towards a Promising Future BTEC”, organized by the Directorate of Education of the Northeast Badia, he said that students will engage in practical training within factories, companies and private sector institutions for a period of two months.
He explained that this approach is in line with the priorities of the economic modernization vision and the requirements of the labor market, and that the ministry aims to raise the percentage of students enrolled in vocational and technical education, stressing that vocational and technical education enjoys great royal attention, due to its role in empowering young people and transforming them into effective productive forces that contribute to achieving sustainable development.
He explained that since 2023 the ministry has begun implementing a comprehensive development process for vocational and technical education, through the application of the “BTEC” program based on practical tasks and projects, which is a global model applied in more than 70 countries, and aims to equip students with real practical skills directly related to the needs of the labor market.
Ghaith explained that the program will enable students to gain real practical experience in the work environment, develop their technical and behavioral skills, and build clear professional directions that will help them make their future decisions after graduation with confidence and awareness.
For his part, the Director of Education for the Northeastern Badia, Dr. Abdullah Al-Sharafat, indicated that the directorate seeks to support and expand the umbrella of vocational and technical education to include most of the Badia schools, according to the available capabilities, noting the work on creating new vocational and technical specializations that meet the needs of the region and the local labor market.
The forum included presentations introducing the vocational and technical education specializations available in the schools of the northeastern Badia, in addition to an exhibition in which students of technical specializations presented models of their innovations and applied projects.