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English was taught in the Kingdom’s schools 84 years ago. This is evident from a historical document on display at the Education Museum in the Ministry of Education Pavilion at the ongoing 28th Janadriyah National Heritage and Cultural Festival.
It shows that English was taught to fourth grade students in the year 1346 AH/1929 AD.
Another document dated 1350 AH/1930 AD stipulates prevention of beatings in school.
The education museum also includes a special corner — ‘From School Chairs to Ministers’ — which presents short biographies of ministers who graduated from Taiba Secondary School in Madinah, which is the second school in the Kingdom founded in 1362/1943.
Among the ministers are former Minister of Information Ali Hassan Al-Shaer, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank Ahmed Mohammed Ali, former Minister of Civil Service Mohammed Ali Al-Fayez, former Transportation Minister Nasir Mohammad Al-Salloum, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Obaid Madani, former Minister of Culture and Information Iyad Amin Madani, President of the King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) and former Minister of Industry and Electricity Hashim Abdullah Yamani, President of General Auditing Bureau and former Trade Minister Osama Jaafar Faqih, Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mohammed Jamil Ahmed Mulla, and Jubarah Eid Al-Suraiseri, minister of transport.