A deep rooted past
The National Company for Education & Learning started an ambitious pioneering Journey by Sheikh Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Khudair in 1378 AH/ 1958, establishing the “Tarbya Namouthajiya Schools”, which served both kindergarten and primary school for boys and girls and was the first school for girls in Riyadh, and had only 50 students in a rented building at its first headquarters in Al-Malaz neighborhood on 60th St. and then on Jarir St., until the construction of the first educational buildings in Al-Rayyan neighborhood in the year 1400 AH/1980. And what made the jewel in the crown of the company’s fruitful journey is the qualitative shift that took place in the year 1423 AH/ 2002 by transforming this educational entity into the first closed joint stock company in the educational sector under the name of “National Company for Education & Learning” registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under Ministerial Resolution No. 346.
An Honorable Present
The company has huge educational complexes which can accommodate more than 32,000 students, which can serve all educational stages from kindergartens, to elementary, middle and secondary schools, as well as students of the international education program. Working in these complexes is a staff and a crew which consists of approximately 3300 employees, in buildings built to the highest specifications, and produced a great combination between education classrooms, learning halls, workshop and scientific laboratories on one hand, and entertainment facilities and sports clubs on the other, on an area of more than a quarter million square meters. Along the course of its work, the company has been keen to develop the educational process and qualifying and training for the staff by signing several partnership agreements with the major international educational institutions. It has also obtained several international certificates such as the ISO 9002, For leadership and management for consecutive years, as well as some of its students who have won the honor of representing the Kingdom in many regional and international competitions.
Looking ahead
The company seeks to make acquisition and expand investment in education in the Kingdom through the establishment and operation of a number of educational complexes in the coming years, The company also looks forward to expand its geographical spread in all regions according to capacity and strategic economic studies.