RIYADH: Saudi Arabia celebrated educational excellence on Sunday as the second National Forum for School Excellence, or Tamayuz, recognized outstanding public, private and international schools across the Kingdom.
Organized by the Education and Training Evaluation Commission in coordination with the Ministry of Education, the forum brought together senior officials, education experts, and national leaders, including the Minister of Education Yousef Al-Benyan, and Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Sabti, the commission’s chairman of the board of directors.
Al-Benyan praised the achievements of Saudi schools and their role in shaping the country’s educational future.
He said: “Today, we celebrate 760 outstanding schools across the Kingdom — public, private, and international — that have set a living example of a culture of excellence and have become a bright milestone in the educational transformation journey.
“Our role in education is pivotal: We are responsible for preparing future generations to actively contribute to building a knowledge-based society and achieving sustainable development.”
Al-Sabti commended the schools for their commitment to progress, saying: “These models prove the ability of our schools to excel and continuously improve learning outcomes, supporting our national aspirations for global competitiveness.
“I am pleased to congratulate these schools for this remarkable achievement and for their commitment to advancing toward the goals of Vision 2030.”
Tamayuz is part of the National Program for School Evaluation, Classification, and Accreditation, which is implemented by the commission. It highlights the school classification system — one of the Human Capability Development Program initiatives — as a key milestone in advancing a high-impact national quality model in education and training.
Under the program more than 800 schools are evaluated weekly, with annual assessments covering over 1.5 million students in public, private, and international institutions.
More than 7 million students, teachers, and parents have participated through comprehensive evaluation surveys.
Tamayuz has honored schools that achieved the excellence level based on classification results. The recognition enhances the quality of education, improves learning outcomes, and fosters competitiveness, in line with Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program.
Building on the success of its inaugural event last year — which honored 292 schools — Tamayuz has evolved into a national benchmark for educational achievement in the Kingdom.
The commission said that the forum reinforced leadership and competition in education while supporting national efforts to improve quality through data-driven evaluation, professional development, and collaboration with the ministry and other national institutions to advance Vision 2030 goals.
