Badriah Al-Ghanem, who has been associated with the Education Ministry as the director general of scholarship administration for the ministry’s employees since 2019, has been promoted to rank-14 by a royal decree.
Al-Ghanem received a diploma in Arabic literature and social studies from the College of Education, Riyadh in 1987. Four years later, she received a diploma in office administration in the US. In 2001, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in the Arabic language from the College of Education. In 2014, Al-Ghanem received a master’s degree in operations management in Scotland.
Al-Ghanem worked as a schoolteacher at the 8th Elementary School in Riyadh from 1988 to 1992. From 1992 till 2018, she served as a training supervisor at the Training and Scholarship Administration.
In 2001, she joined the ministerial committee for information technology at the Education Ministry. She was also on the ministerial committee responsible for relocating teachers with special circumstances from 2003 to 2007. She served as a member of the ministry’s dispatching and scholarship committee from 2003 to 2019.
Al-Ghanem also served as a member of the interview committee for female candidates for doctoral scholarship and dispatching at the general administration for training and scholarships from 2014 to 2018.
From 2010 to 2012, she administered the ministry’s e-training programs.
For three years from 2010, she served as a member of the Education Ministry’s unit for quality management. From 2014 to 2016, she worked as the assistant director of the academic professional development department and was later appointed director of the department.
From 2018 to 2019, she served as the general supervisor for female affairs at the administration of dispatching and scholarship.