The Ministry of Education is studying the prospects of opening an educational TV channel. The Students' Activities Committee at the ministry proposed the project. If opened, the TV channel will cover all the activities of the committee, such as summer clubs, plays, educational contests, and training programs in various areas all over the Kingdom. It will also promote the committee's role in helping students invest their time in useful activities. “We have been studying the project for three months,” said Dr. Nasser Al-Qarny, Head of the Students' Activities Committee at the Ministry of Education. “(We are) doing research, talking to experts, and taking advantage of the experience of other channels.” He added that until now, it is still merely an idea, but “we are hoping it will be executed soon.”“The majority of the Saudi population is young, and our community is targeted by many disreputable TV channels that try to poison their thoughts and actions,” he said. “Our duty as an educational establishment is to take advantage of TV technology in correcting their ideas and guiding them.” The other educational channels currently running have no relation with the MoE and do not work according to its guidelines. “Our goal is only educational,” he pointed out. “There will be no financial profit. This channel will be working under the authority of the MoE and monitored for any unauthorized content in the programs.” The educational policy in Saudi Arabia focuses on the role of the media and its power in solving the problems of young Saudis, he said. “Our students' activities are more than enough to supply content for not one TV channel, but many,” he said, “because we have many activities and they are fun and useful to everyone.” “It will also give parents more insight about what is happening in summer camps, for example, to make them feel more secure about sending their children there.” __
