Schools to Tackle Violence Against Children - Saudi Arabia/Domestic Violence
Fatima Sidiya; 25/2/08
The Ministry of Education has sent notices to schools across the Kingdom advising them to inform the National Society for Human Rights of any suspected cases of child abuse at home, according to the head teacher of a girls’ school in Jeddah.Although the notice has supposedly been sent to schools across the Kingdom, Fahad Al-Asmari, a vice principal of a boys’ school in Madinah, said that his school has not received any notices of the kind. Speaking about how his school deals with child abuse, Al-Asmari said, “We normally deal with such cases individually. … We do not consult parents to avoid escalating the issue.
See; http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=107160&d=25&m=2&y=2008