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A significant number of U.S. workers are English teachers. [citation needed] Additionally Egyptians have long migrated to Saudi Arabia to take up professional jobs such as doctors, nurses, teachers and engineers, as have Filipinos to work in the health, oil and manufacturing sectors. [31]
Bangladesh International School, English Section, Riyadh was established in 1990 for students of the Bangladeshi community in Riyadh. It was originally known as the Bangladesh Embassy School due to its administration by the Bangladeshi Embassy in Riyadh. It transitioned to being led by a Board of Directors elected by students' parents. [2]
Public education in Saudi Arabia—from primary education through college—is open to every Saudi citizen. Education is the second-largest sector of government spending in Saudi Arabia. [7] Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, which is nearly double the global average of 4.6%. [8]
Saudi Arabia has one of the fastest growing populations in the world. [29] The majority of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia come from South Asia. [ 29 ] Although migrants constitute 33% of the total population, they represent 56.5% of the total number of employees and 89% of the employees active in the private sector. [ 29 ]
More than two million are in Saudi Arabia. [46] The United Arab Emirates is home to 706,000. [47] Oman has about 680,242 Bangladeshis as of 2018. [48] There is a Bangladeshi school in the city of Muscat, in Oman, called Bangladesh School Muscat. [citation needed] Qatar has about 400,000 Bangladeshis as of 2019. [49]
The Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) (Arabic: هيئة تقويم التعليم والتدريب), formerly known as the Education Evaluation Authority, [1] is a government organization responsible for planning, evaluation, assessment, and accreditation of educational and training systems in Saudi Arabia in coordination with the Ministry of Education.
Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia number around 2.6 million. Saudi Arabia is the top destination country for Bangladeshi migrant workers, with almost 100,000 Bangladeshis migrating to Saudi Arabia in the last quarter of 2022. [3] Most Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia work in the service industry. [4]
Saudi Kuttab (elementary school) teaching. In 1930s, formal primary education began in Saudi Arabia. [1] In 1945, King Abdulaziz bin Abdelrahman Al-Saud, the country's founder, had initiated an extensive program to establish schools in the kingdom. [1] In 1954, the Ministry of Education was established. [1]