RIYADH, 8 June — Minister of Education Muhammad Al-Rasheed has instructed all international and foreign schools in the Kingdom not to allow mixing of boys and girls in the classes.
Children of the two sexes should be strictly segregated in separate areas. The schools have to respect the Islamic customs and traditions. The ministry’s directives also stipulate that the schools should give religious and Arabic language lessons to Muslim students. The schools should also remove any anti-Islamic references in textbooks.
