Publishing the names of students who fail in their final exams may prove to be a much easier job for both the Ministry of Education and newspapers than making known the names of those who passed the exams. However, to avoid any embarrassment I advise both the ministry and the papers against doing that. Nevertheless, when it comes to the people who boast and brag of what they have done, claiming success while in fact they failed in their job, it would be fair to have people know about their failures.
If our ministries, other government bodies as well as private establishments were to sit an examination conducted by the public, the number of those who would definitely fail the exam would far exceed those who would pass. Go over newspaper reports following the nomination of new ministers and other senior officials and read the promises and pledges made and compare these with the actual performance of their departments. It would not be difficult to discover how they have all failed to do their homework as required. The following list shows who failed what subject in the final exam:
National Education: The list of those failed includes the majority of private sector establishments as well as workers in regional labor offices who consider employing youth outside their area of concern.
Technical Education: All municipal heads who could do nothing to make their cities look attractive starting with removing the heaps of scrap, building material, half-ruined warehouses and workshops greeting visitors.
Arabic Language: All public relations offices, whether public or private.
Mathematics: The Ministry of Transport for considering introducing the toll system to add further suffering to people.
Geography: Urban planning agencies for not being able to solve the problems of congestion and chaotic streets.
History: Traffic departments, which refuse to learn any history lessons to curb road accidents and the resulting losses.
Religious Teachings: The overwhelming majority of satellite television stations.
Science: Water departments that until now could not come up with a reliable sewerage system for our major cities or work to curb pollution.
Computer: Government departments that remain cut off from the world for not having Internet sites.
Social Services: Universities and community service centers that failed even to inform the public of their existence.
Sports: Clubs that continue to spend lavishly on foreign players while leaving Saudis run after the crumbs.
