Training program to help fresh Saudi graduates hone leadership skills

During the course, trainees will work as an assistant teacher. (SPA)
Updated 04 September 2019
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Training program to help fresh Saudi graduates hone leadership skills

  • Trainees participate in a 12-month course, during which they commit to the school environment and work as an assistant teacher throughout a full academic year

RIYADH: A new program for recent graduates organized by the Misk Foundation started last week in the regions of Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah and the Eastern Province.
The program aims to build the educational and leadership qualities of recent university graduates and link them to the Kingdom’s education sector.
The training course was launched with the participation of 100 new graduate trainees from the faculties of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and English in the four regions.
The program uses intensive training with selected schools to help the trainee practice the profession.
Trainees participate in a 12-month course, during which they commit to the school environment and work as an assistant teacher throughout a full academic year. At the end of the program, trainees receive a Cambridge Certificate of Professional Development as well as a certificate of participation from the Misk Foundation.


Housing pacts worth $83m signed at Jood event

Updated 06 March 2026
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Housing pacts worth $83m signed at Jood event

  • The deals were inked with nonprofit organizations in the presence of Municipalities and Housing Minister Majid Al-Hogail

RIYADH: More than 2,500 families will be provided housing under agreements worth SR311 million ($83 million) signed recently, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

The deals were inked with nonprofit organizations in the presence of Municipalities and Housing Minister Majid Al-Hogail, under the Al-Jood Menna Wa Feena campaign, which is affiliated to the Jood Housing platform.

The event was aimed at strengthening partnerships with the nonprofit sector to support developmental housing, the SPA reported.

Al-Hogail said these partnerships contribute to initiatives that will ensure stability for eligible families.