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Over 7,000 kindergarten teachers enroll in musical arts training program
The course aims to promote teachers’ skills in detecting kids’ talents
Over 7,000 female teachers at kindergartens in Saudi Arabia are participating in a music training course amid promotion of arts in the kingdom as part of dramatic changes.
A four-week course is being implemented under the strategy of developing cultural capabilities . It will run by the Music Commission under Saudi ministry of culture and education supervision .
The strategy aims to discover talents at an early age and develop them in a way helping to boost competitiveness between educational and cultural sectors.
First phase of the qualifying course kicked off on Sunday with the participation of specialists at the kindergarten level.
Registration in the second phase of the same course will be announced later for would-be female teachers.
Marked transformations
Such courses aims to build kindergarten female teachers’ skills linked to children’s musical activities by acquainting them with related sound characteristics and terminology.
Last September, Saudi Arabia said music will be a subject taught as part of curriculam in two years’ time, starting from the kindergarten level.
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has seen marked socio-economic transformations as part of massive reforms embrace by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
The Music Commission was established as a government agency affiliated to the Saudi Culture Ministry in 2020 . The aim was to develop of a music sector that provides non-discriminatory access to music education .It will also empowers musical talent and contributes to the local economy.
In 2016, Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the General Entertainment Authority, a state agency that has since sponsored a series of star-studded concerts, stage shows and festivals.
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