The Ministry of Education is considering setting up a teachers' society under its supervision to coordinate with some 450,000 male and female teachers as an alternative to the ever-growing number of unofficial websites through which teaching staff currently voice their complaints and observations. The head of the Teachers Forum, Sultan Al-Shareef, said a formal proposal had been submitted to the Minister of Education, Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad, for the establishment of a society to tackle teacher issues and help members acquire the necessary teaching skills and experience. “Teacher societies of such a nature already exist in most Arab countries and Gulf nations,” Al