There were 2,539,188 students at various stages of general education [administered by] the Ministry of Education during the academic year 1423H-1424H. These students are pursuing their academic studies in 14,600 schools and they are assisted in their educational pursuit by more than 196,000 teachers.
The number of the health units of the schools of the Education Ministry amounted to 107, including 43 major units in some big cities.
At the same time, the Ministry of Education has been giving utmost attention to the schools of the Holy Quran Memorization. The first Holy Quran Memorization school was established in Madinah in 1367H, but during the academic year 1424H-1425H the number of these schools jumped to 628 with 68,638 students and 6,321 teachers.
As regards the illiteracy eradication schools, their number in the academic year 1424H-1425H, amounted to 1,110 with 28,000 students.
The number of the schools allocated for the children with learning difficulties amounted to 494 in the academic year 1424H-1425H, with 12,843 students and 3,370 teachers.
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