Dr. Azzam bin Mohammed Al-Dakhil, Minister of Education, has directed the Education Department in Najran to suspend classes at all schools and kindergartens for the rest of the academic year, including the final exams of the secondary schools which previously scheduled to be held next Sunday. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Hamad Al-Sharya, Spokesman of the Education Department in Najran, stressed that this measure is taken to maintain the safety of male and female students and schools' personnel. He added that the Minister of Education directed all relevant departments at the ministry to take related measures.