General Presidency for Girls Education

The General Presidency for Girls Education (GPGE) (Arabic: الرئاسة العامة لتعليم البنات), also known as the Directorate General for Girls Education (DGGE), was an autonomous government entity in Saudi Arabia that regulated nearly all forms of women's education in the country from 1959 to 2002, independent from supervision of the Ministry of Knowledge.[1][2]

General Presidency for Girls Education
الرئاسة العامة لتعليم البنات
The logo of GPGE outside its headquarters in Riyadh with a verse from Qur'an (20:114) calligraphed on the wall
Agency overview
FormedOctober 22, 1959 (1959-10-22)
DissolvedMarch 24, 2002 (2002-03-24)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Saudi Arabia
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Child agency
  • Presidency Agency for Girls Colleges

History

Established in 1959[3][4] through a royal decree issued by King Saud,[5] it supervised both state-run and private schools for girls, except foreign ones[6] and exercised powers parallel to the Ministry of Knowledge, which then only had authority over schools with male students.[7] It was dissolved and subsequently merged with the Ministry of Knowledge in the aftermath of the Mecca girls' school fire incident in 2002.[8][9][10]

References
  1. Alwedinani, Jawaher (2016-11-08). Gender and Subject Choice in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-52005-1.
  2. al-Iḥṣāʼ, Markaz al-Maʻlūmāt al-Iḥṣāʼīyah wa-al-Tawthīq al-Tarbawī Qism (1985). Educational statistics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (in Arabic). Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Education, Center for Statistical Data & Educational Documentation, Statistics Section.
  3. "From 'Katateeb' to scholarships: Girls' education in Saudi Arabia takes quantum leap". Saudigazette. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  4. "المملكة العربية السعودية : ضوابط تعليم البنات الرسمي". منهل الثقافة التربوية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  5. Education in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in the United States of America. 1991.
  6. Almunajjed, M. (1997-02-06). Women in Saudi Arabia Today. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-37310-5.
  7. Olimat, Muhamad (2013-11-26). Arab Spring and Arab Women. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-93738-8.
  8. Aarts, Paul; Nonneman, Gerd (2005). Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-0718-0.
  9. Butera, Anita C. (2021-11-03). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of Saudi Women. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-0725-6.
  10. Peterson, J. E. (2020-03-15). Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1980-8.
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