Al-Marsad newspaper: The Ministry of Education revealed the details of the public education system project through a draft that it presented on its official website to solicit the views of those interested in it.
Education is a right for all
The system ensures that education is a right for all. The Ministry also provides basic education free of charge in public schools, and is committed, in accordance with the regulations it sets, to provide study seats for citizens in private schools in the event that there are not enough seats in public schools as required by the interest.
Education is compulsory from the age of six until the age of fifteen, and the Ministry has the right to take legal measures against those who cause the child not to enter education at the compulsory age, or cause him to drop out of education, in accordance with the child protection system.
Formation of the General Education Council and these are its functions
It included the formation of the General Education Council, and its functions include the following: approving public education policies and strategies to achieve the objectives of this education, determining the age of admission to public education, and approving regulations for private and foreign schools. Approving the regulations for virtual schools, approving the regulations governing the acceptance of private and foreign schools for gifts and subsidies, and approving regulations for students with disabilities and gifted students.
Rules for providing prizes and incentives
It also included approving the controls for providing prizes and material and moral incentives for distinguished students and teachers, approving the regulations governing the nursery and kindergarten stages, including those owned by the private and non-profit sector, and approving the minimum wages for teachers in private schools. Adoption of a unified model for the work contract of teachers in public and private schools, coordination between the relevant authorities in the fields of public education, submitting the academic calendar to the Council of Ministers, recommending its adoption after preparation by the Ministry, and determining the financial compensation for the issuance and renewal of licenses issued under this system.
It also contained an amendment to the age of compulsory education for the beginning of education as the upper limit, and the adoption of optional specialized educational paths that are in return for a fee, provided that this does not affect the right to obtain basic education free of charge.
The Ministry regulates everything related to the affairs of teachers
The system also included that the ministry regulate everything related to teachers’ affairs related to the educational process, including determining the educational quorum, distributing teachers to schools, transportation, assignment, delegation, determining the courses taught by the teacher, and transferring teachers to administrative jobs, or administrators to jobs educational, in accordance with the regulations approved by the Ministry.
The Ministry may assign any of the teachers to teach courses outside their specializations and determine the financial benefits for that.
Giving prizes and incentives to the distinguished
The Ministry also has the right to grant prizes and material and moral incentives to students and distinguished teachers, in accordance with the regulations established by the Council.
The Ministry sets pathways for education in any of the basic education stages, determines the curricula and the mandatory and optional courses for each track, and organizes the controls for students’ transition between tracks.
Transfer of students between schools
The Ministry has the right to set vocational educational paths, and the Ministry also takes the necessary measures to facilitate the transfer of students between general education schools and vocational schools, in coordination with the relevant authority.
The Ministry is also working, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, each according to its competence, to develop programs to diagnose students, and early intervention to detect any defect in their physical or mental development, and to take the necessary measures towards each case, in line with their health needs. , social, and educational.
Providing lifelong learning
The Ministry prepares and develops the necessary programs to identify and care for gifted students, and this requires setting educational programs for classrooms or schools designated for the gifted, in addition to establishing enrichment educational centers for them, in coordination with the relevant authorities.
The Ministry provides appropriate programs and means for lifelong learning, such as; Electronic means, affiliation programs, neighborhood centers, home study, and other programs and means. The Ministry sets controls for issuing and approving certificates for students in lifelong learning programmes.