Minister of Higher Education Dr Khalid al-Anqari has highlighted the great attention given by the Saudi Leadership to the sector of education. During his meeting here on Saturday evening with the director of Ummal Qura University Dr Adnan Wazzan and members of the University's academic staff, Dr al-Anqari said the allocations of the universities were doubled in the last five years. He noted that a plan for the promotion of the university education was set in 1419, and accordingly a committee comprising representatives of a number of ministries was formed under the chairmanship of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General. He noted that the Kingdom's wise policy in this respect led to the establishment of a number of new universities and colleges as well as the development of the existing universities and colleges. --more
