198 Students Begin Studies at Gifted Students Schools in West Abdullah Al-Mubarak - Sarmad
Ministry of Education opens boys' and girls' gifted schools in West Abdullah Al-Mubarak to accommodate 198 students, with staffing and services fully operational
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
The Ministry of Education launched classes today, Monday, at the Boys’ and Girls’ Gifted Schools in the West Abdullah Al-Mubarak area, welcoming the first cohort of 55 male and 143 female students across grades six through nine.
In a press statement, the Ministry said it had completed the procedures for selecting teaching and administrative staff according to defined stages, which included processing applications, verifying compliance with approved conditions and criteria, and conducting tests and personal interviews.
It noted that 78 teaching and administrative personnel passed these stages, including 60 teachers, 11 department heads, four assistant principals, along with library secretaries and the chief specialist psychologist.
The Ministry added that it had finalized the necessary operational preparations to receive students, including developing school transportation plans and allocating bus routes to cover all admitted students, ensuring their safe arrival at both schools from the first day of classes. It also confirmed the readiness of teaching and administrative staff and support services.
For his part, Badr Al-Shatti, head of the Awareness and Development Department at the Ministry’s Gifted Students Office, said in the statement that this step is part of the efforts of the Gifted Students Office, which falls under the sector of the Minister of Education’s office, aimed at preparing a generation of young people capable of leading innovation and invention in the future.
Al-Shatti added that student selection for admission to these schools was carried out according to precise and multiple criteria, including academic achievement levels, creativity assessments, and intelligence quotient tests, to ensure the recruitment of students with abilities and talents deserving of care and development.
He emphasized the office’s commitment to carefully selecting teachers, given their pivotal role in identifying students’ talents, understanding their educational needs, and nurturing and developing their creative abilities.
