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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Since the discovery of oil in 1936, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is currently the leader in the international oil industry.The revenue generated from oil has enabled the country to intensify its development initiatives through economic diversification.In a knowledge-based economy , the country realis...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Russayani, Yew, Meng Lai, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Ahmad, Abdul Razak, Chang, Da Wan
Format:	Book Section
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:	http://repo.uum.edu.my/22082/ http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1056-9_7
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spelling	my.uum.repo.220822017-05-29T06:55:15Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/22082/ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ismail, Russayani Yew, Meng Lai Ayub, Zainal Amin Ahmad, Abdul Razak Chang, Da Wan LB2300 Higher Education Since the discovery of oil in 1936, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is currently the leader in the international oil industry.The revenue generated from oil has enabled the country to intensify its development initiatives through economic diversification.In a knowledge-based economy , the country realised that the sustainability of future growth mainly depends on the ability of its citizen to fully equip themselves with the appropriate skills, knowledge and competencies, and this can only be achieved through an investment in human capital, in particular higher education.For the last two decades, the intensification of higher education in the Kingdom has indeed taken place in line with the growth of information technology and globalisation. Attention towards quality and standard become a key concern of the government as this will ensure the sustainability of the higher education sector in the Kingdom.Notwithstanding the vast potential opportunities to be explored in higher education sector in the country, the socio-political climate may hinder the development and progress of this sector. Springer Yew, Meng Lai Ahmad, Abdul Razaq Chang, Da Wan 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed Ismail, Russayani and Yew, Meng Lai and Ayub, Zainal Amin and Ahmad, Abdul Razak and Chang, Da Wan (2016) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In: Higher Education in the Middle East and North Africa. Springer, Singapore, pp. 127-146. ISBN 978-981-10-1054-5 http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1056-9_7 doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1056-9_7
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description	Since the discovery of oil in 1936, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is currently the leader in the international oil industry.The revenue generated from oil has enabled the country to intensify its development initiatives through economic diversification.In a knowledge-based economy , the country realised that the sustainability of future growth mainly depends on the ability of its citizen to fully equip themselves with the appropriate skills, knowledge and competencies, and this can only be achieved through an investment in human capital, in particular higher education.For the last two decades, the intensification of higher education in the Kingdom has indeed taken place in line with the growth of information technology and globalisation. Attention towards quality and standard become a key concern of the government as this will ensure the sustainability of the higher education sector in the Kingdom.Notwithstanding the vast potential opportunities to be explored in higher education sector in the country, the socio-political climate may hinder the development and progress of this sector.
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