http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=75396&d=28&m=12&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Wednesday, 28, December, 2005 (27, Dhul Qa`dah, 1426)
No Physical Education for Schoolgirls
Maha Akeel, Arab News
JEDDAH, 28 December 2005 - A few public girls' schools in Jeddah
submitted requests to have gymnasiums built, but their hopes for introducing
physical education classes were dashed after the Ministry of Education
announced that physical education for girls would not be allowed. Speculation
in the media and among the public had circulated in the past year that the
ministry would allow physical education in girls' schools by this year, but the
ministry refuted this "rumor" as baseless.
Some media reports indicated that Education Minister Abdullah Al-Obaid
would introduce the subject in the curriculum due to its health and behavioral
benefits. Two days ago the Ministry of Education stated that it "would not
introduce physical education in girls' schools" and requested that the media
"respect religious, literary and national responsibility" in this regard,
according to Arab News' sister publication Asharq Al-Awsat.
The office of the director general of Girls' Education Administration in
Makkah region confirmed to Arab News that there have been no changes or
discussions regarding this policy of forbidding physical education in girls'
schools.
Arab News contacted a girls' high school that had submitted a request two
months ago and had already set up a gymnasium with exercise machines for the
girls to use in their spare time and was waiting for the approval. The school's
principal said that she was not allowed to speak to the media about this but
she did not deny setting up the gym and submitting a request. "Religious men
have a great influence on our education and the ministry listens only to those
with certain views about women and their role and place in society," said a
source at the Education Administration of Makkah region.
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