The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has directed the Sixth National Meeting, scheduled to take place in Al-Joaf region, to focus on the educational development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Chairman of the National Dialogue Sheikh Saleh Al-Hussein said the major topic of the meeting would be the greater focus on means of developing Education in the Kingdom. He noted that the meeting will provide a good opportunity to educationists either at the level of the governmental education or at the level of non-governmental education to exchange views in this respect. On the other hand, Faisal bin Muammar, the advisor at the Royal Court and Secretary General of King Abdulaziz Center for the National Dialogue, said education constitutes the major pillar for development and progress. He pointed out that the youth constitute more than 50 percent of the total population of the Kingdom.
