Saudi officials have been keen on developing the Kingdom's human resources because they believe that human resources constitute the real wealth of the country. In Saudi Arabia, there are now 11 universities with 120 colleges, 191,000 students and 11,000 members of the academic staff. However, the number of the colleges at the level of bachelors degree or under graduate level totaled 317 during the academic year of 1422H -1423H. The students of these colleges amounted to more than 455,000 during the same academic year. The number of colleges of education and higher education ministries amounted to 102 with an enrolment of 182,000 students. --MORE 1118 Local Time 0818 GMT
