JEDDAH: A primary school student who went missing on his first day was found at a nearby nursery school where his sister was enrolled, a local online publication reported.

Investigators found that the child had left Al-Riyadh School after classes and went to the Al-Bayan Children’s Nursery to join his sister, said Abdul Majeed Al-Ghamdi, spokesman of the Jeddah Education Directorate. The nursery is close to the primary school, he said.

The police were called in when the family of the child could not find him after classes. They have blamed the school for the incident and called on the education department to monitor children in their care, particularly those at primary level.