The Saudi Arabian government is investing heavily in vocational
and technical training and aims to create 100 technical colleges by
2020 under its reform program. From 2010 to 2014, government
expenditure on technical and vocational training rose by 41.6% to
USD 6.1 billion.
The government has set up the Technical & Vocational
Training Corporation (TVTC) to concentrate on the development of
vocational training in the Kingdom. The Colleges of Excellence have
also been established to be the leading authority for applied
training in the Kingdom. The key responsibilities of both
organisations is to create a skilled labour force through
collaborations with industries.
Colleges of Excellence has already collaborated with 12 global
partners for setting up 27 such technical colleges, which will be
managed by various international applied technical and educational
institutions from the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands,
Spain, Australia and New Zealand.
