JEDDAH: The Council of Universities’ Affairs held a meeting on Thursday in Jeddah with heads of public and private universities to discuss educational process challenges and proposed solutions.
Chaired by Saudi Minister of Education Yousef Al-Benyan, the consultative meeting was held at the University of Business and Technology and addressed key issues, including challenges faced by public and private universities, to develop best practices that achieve quality outputs and serve the needs of the labor market.
Al-Benyan emphasized the importance of this meeting to address urgent higher education matters and listen to institutional challenges to reach satisfactory solutions for all.
He also stressed the importance of coordination meetings to enhance partnership and integration between public and private universities, and their role in achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 for the higher education sector.
“Our meeting today comes within the framework of the Ministry of Education and the Council of University Affairs’ keenness to enhance integration among higher education institutions, which contributes to developing the university education system and raising its efficiency to keep pace with the aspirations of the wise leadership and the Kingdom’s Vision 2030,” he said.
