Digital citizenship, event management will be part of secondary school curriculum

Digital citizenship, event management will be part of secondary school curriculum

RIYADH — Digital citizenship; and marketing campaigns planning and event management will be part of the curriculum for the students of third year of secondary schools effective from the next academic year.

Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from well-informed sources that the Ministry of Education has approved teaching of these subjects to students of secondary schools in both public and specialized tracks.

This is in line with the ministry’s plan to improve the output of education so as to enable the school graduates to take up challenging positions in the local labor market, after a comprehensive review of the academic curricula.

According to the sources, the ministry has completed preparing qualitative and specialized courses in earth and space sciences, artificial intelligence, software engineering, cybersecurity, healthcare, body systems, and principles of law. These curricula would keep pace with Vision 2030 and its projects. The sources indicated that the ministry has set terms and conditions for the graduation of secondary school students related to success in all subjects of the study plan for the three-year period, in addition to obtaining 40 volunteer hours, and submitting a graduation project and passing it successfully.

Since approving the track system for the secondary level of school education two years ago,