Riyadh: The General Administration of Education in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia has launched the activities of first scout camp for girls, the local media reported.
This comes with the participation of more than 90 female students and scout leaders representing nine educational administrations from the Kingdom’s regions and governorates.
On Monday, August 8, the Assistant Director-General for Educational Affairs for Girls at Al-Baha Education, Nawal bint Ali Al-Darmahi, inaugurated the first scout camp for girls, under the patronage of the Governor of Al-Baha region, Prince Dr. Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz.
For her part, Adviser to the Undersecretary of Educational Programs at the Ministry of Education, Assistant Director General of Activities, Dr. Ayman Al-Faridi, confirmed to Al Arabiya.net that this camp is the nucleus of the women’s scout camps that will be hosted in all regions of Saudi Arabia.
The activities of the camp will be moved next week to the Asir region, and then to Al-Ahsa with the objective of developing scouting activities, promoting national values, instilling volunteerism and life skills among girl students of public education institutions, she adds.
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Al-Faridi stressed the importance of such camps in preparing female students for national occasions, serving the pilgrims, and local, regional and global competition, in light of the great interest that our wise government attaches to Saudi women.
Although Scouting was officially established in Saudi Arabia in 1961, Scouting activities are mostly limited among Saudi school students and international students. The Saudi Arabian Scout Association is the national scouting organization in the Kingdom.
