A PUBLIC POLICY- MAKING PERSPECTIVE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA | ||
| المجلة العلمية لقطاع کليات التجارة بجامعة الأزهر | ||
| Article 11, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 15-50 PDF (571.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsfc.2018.56971 | ||
| Author | ||
| Faisal H. HAMED | ||
| Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Riyadh | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The objective of this study is to discuss a public policymaking perspective for the educational policy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using the system model. Policymaking studies produce useful information for decision makers in achieving various goals related to the growth and development of a nation and its citizens. Saudi Arabia has followed strictly the Islamic view of education, which is reflected in the content of the educational policy that was approved in 1969. However, as time passed by, the country has faced a dilemma of meeting the scientific and technological changes demanded by the modern period to achieve the goals and programs of its development, while at the same time maintaining the cultural and Islamic integrity. Social, economic, demographic, geographic, political, international environment, and educational concepts and views were factors that have put a lot of pressure on policy makers. Since the educational policy has not been changed and it is still in effect, policy-makers have solved this dilemma by infusing the modern demands into the implementation stage of the policy. Islamic and Arabian culture are still emphasized in all levels of the educational system, but they are compartmentalized as one group, among many subjects taught in the modern educational system around the globe. A summary of the system model for the educational policy is illustrated in the study. The researcher recommends that it is time for policymakers to revise the Educational Policy to keep-up with the needs of the present and future modern life and to achieve the objectives of the development of the country especially the objectives of Vision 2030. | ||
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A PUBLIC POLICY- | ||
| Keywords | ||
| A PUBLIC POLICY-; MAKING PERSPECTIVE; THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY | ||
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