King Abdullah agrees to inaugurate the Saudi Female Educational Conference
H.M. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
H.M. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has agreed to inaugurate the the national conference on Saudi Female Education, Realistic and Future Trends. The conference will be held next year by al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, representing the university's faculty for Female Student Affairs.
On significance of the royal approval, H.E. Prof. Dr. Sulaiman Aba al-Khail, Rector of al-Imam University, expressed his appreciation at the kind benevelont gesture taken by King Abdullah which he said reflected the concern and attention given by the rulers regarding matters concerning Saudi women and their affairs.
Commenting on the reasons of holding such a unique conference, Dr. Aba al-Khail said “education of Saudi women is now facing a number of obstacles, particularly in regards to learning outputs and market needs. All public and private higher institutions must work together over the upcoming years to reshape our higher educational strategies”.
“It is no coincidence that, King Abdullah who opened the construction work of the Female campus at al-Imam University in 1426 H, will now inaugurate the Saudi female education conference”, he added.
Dr. Khalid S. Al-Muqrin, Vice-rector for Female Student Affairs at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, stated that the forthcoming conference is intended to reaffirm the rights of women for higher education without any barriers or difficulties.
Dr. Al-Muqrin pointed out that the aim of the conference was to “discuss various issues, amongst them; showing the accomplishments of the Saudi female educational sector and to determine the factors which impede the general and undergraduate studies of women as well as determining how to remove these hinderances”.
Dr. Al-Muqrin also highlighted that a website has been designed and dedicated for the conference events which can be accessed at http://www.imamu.edu.sa/agencies/Dfsa/Pages/default.aspx”.