Under the patronage of Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, the 2nd International Education Exhibition and Forum was inaugurated here today. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), on this occasion, Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed, Minister of Education expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the Crown Prince for his patronage of the five-day Exhibition and Forum organized by the Ministry of Education which will have a great effect in support of educational march. He stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking forward to establishing a globally competitive knowledge-based- society, pointing out that shift towards a knowledge-based- society requires a qualitative education taking into consideration the data of the era and the needs of the society. The Prince noted that the Exhibition hosts more than 20 world speakers and 100 global companies specializing in the fields of education.
