Ghafeis, Governor of the Saudi General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training, has said that seven new specialized subjects have been approved for girls' colleges. He described the move as opening the way for women to work in new sectors in the Saudi job market. He said that the organization had approved the subjects due to the demand from students and after an analysis of the market, spreading the seven subjects over eight training fields, including technical work, accountancy, small business administration, office machine and equipment maintenance, photography, jewelry manufacture, design, and small food businesses. Al-Ghufeis said that the organization's programs had been tailored to suit the nature of women and the needs of the women's work sector, saying that Saudi women will occupy tens of thousands of positions currently dominated by the foreign workforce. The organization, Al-Ghafeis said, aims to Saudize the women's work sector which is represented in embroidery businesses and beauty salons currently dominated by foreign men and women. – Okaz __
