A group of Saudi and British professors intends to include philosophy in the Saudi high school program. The team also developed a training program that includes more than 200 teachers. The subject was banned for decades, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Friday.
Ahmad Al-Issa, the Saudi education minister, announced the plan during a conference held the previous week.
However, a director in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that she had not received any instruction. Nor was she asked to select teachers for the training.
According to the note, schools in the capital of Saudi Arabia are likely to start teaching the subject and then ask other schools in the Kingdom to begin with the plan.
Previously, Saudi Arabia banned the philosophy in the curriculum.
This decision was based on several fatwas (a legal pronouncement in Islam) which were issued by older muftis, including the late religious scholar Abdel-Aziz Bin Baz, who was respected by all Saudis, including the royal family.
