The Ministry of Higher Education updated Monday its electronic website http://www.mohe.gov.sa by allowing its users the services of ‘barcode' for smart phones, and short range ‘mohe.sa'. The Ministry's Undersecretary for Planning and Information, Dr. Abdulqader Bin Abdullah Al-Fantoukh, pointed out that the ministry provides more than 300 electronic services on its website. It is worth mentioning that the electronic portal won an award for the Best Governmental Electronic Portal in GCC in 2011, as well as stood the first rank in the Digital Excellence Award for Governmental Agencies, which is periodically organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.