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Saudi Arabia reforms its education system to match its job market

OCT 04, 2010
Physics Today
Chronicle of Higher Education : Saudi Arabia’s higher education system produces more than enough graduates in the arts and social sciences to fill civil service positions. But, as the Chronicle‘s Ursula Lindsey reports, the country is not able to fill positions in its private sector. Many of those jobs go instead to foreigners. Now, if new education reforms work as intended, Saudi Arabia will produce more graduates with sought-after technical skills.
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