The Kingdom’s governance is underpinned by the principle of providing social care to all its citizens on an equal footing. The Basic Law of Governance provides for promotion and protection of this right, stipulating in Article 10 that “The State shall aspire to promote family bonds and Arab-Islamic values. It shall take care of all individuals and provide the right conditions for the growth of their talents and skills”. The Law guarantees all individuals comprehensive care and protection, giving special focus to child rights, requiring that free-of-charge healthcare be provided to children, including access to mandatory vaccinations as well as healthcare services free of charge. The Law also guarantees child’s right to free education for education and academic stages, in addition to employing curricula to achieve social and cultural development that ensures sound upbringing of children and encourages them acquire the necessary knowledge and skills. In addition, the Kingdom grants rewar
What are Child Rights?
Key Child Protection Regulations
Regional and international child-related human rights instruments ratified by the Kingdom
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child ratified by Royal Decree (No. M/7), dated 16/04/1416 AH, corresponding to 12/09/1995 AD.
- The Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam ratified by Royal Decree No. (M / 54), dated 27/08/1427 AH, corresponding to 20/09/2006 AD.
- The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, child Prostitution and Child Pornography ratified by Royal Decree No. (M/38) dated 18/07/1431 AH, corresponding to 30/06/2010 AD.
- The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict ratified by Royal Decree No. (M/39) dated 18/07/1431 AH, corresponding to 30/06/2010 AD.
Child Protection Law
- For more information about the Child Protection Law, click here.
Protecting Children from Juvenile’s Employment
- Article (161): Juveniles may not be employed in hazardous jobs or harmful industries, or in occupations and businesses that are likely to endanger their health, safety, or morals, due to their nature or the circumstances in which they are performed. The minister determined by a decision from businesses and industries and professions referred to.
- Article (162): It is not permissible to employ any person who has not completed fifteen years of age and is not permitted to enter the workplace, and the Minister may raise this age in some industries or regions or for some categories of juveniles by a decision from him. As an exception to Paragraph (1) of this Article, the Minister may permit the employment or work of persons between (13-15) years of age in light work, in which the following shall be observed: is not likely to be harmful to their health or development, and that does not disrupt their school attendance and their participation in orientation or vocational training programs, nor does it impair their ability to benefit from the education they receive.
- Article (163): It is prohibited to employ Juvenile during a period of the night not less than twelve consecutive hours, except in cases specified by the Minister by his decision.
- Article (164): Juveniles may not be employed for more than six hours per day for the rest of the months of the year, except for the month of Ramadan, in which the actual working hours must not exceed four hours. The working hours are organized so that the Juvenile does not work for more than four consecutive hours, without a period or more for rest, food, and prayer, of no less than half an hour at one time, and so that he does not stay in the workplace for more than seven hours. Juveniles may not be employed on weekends, holidays, official holidays, and annual leave. The exceptions stipulated in Article 106 of this system shall not apply to them.
- Article (165): Before employing a juvenile, the employer must obtain from him the following documents: National identity card or official certificate of his birth, A certificate of fitness for the required work, issued by a specialized doctor, and certified by a health authority, and The consent of the juvenile’s guardian. These documents must be saved in the file for the Juvenile.
- Article (166): The employer must inform the competent labor office of every juvenile that he occupies during the first week of his employment, and he must keep at the workplace a special register for the juvenile workers in which he shows the name of the juvenile, his age, the full name of his guardian, his place of residence and the date of his employment.
- Article (167): The provisions stipulated in this chapter do not apply to work performed by children and juveniles in schools for the purposes of general, vocational or technical education, and in other training institutions, and they do not apply to work performed in establishments by persons who have reached at least fourteen years of age if this work It is carried out in accordance with conditions determined by the Minister, and the work was an essential part of the following: An educational or training course the primary responsibility of which rests with a school or training institution. A training program, the largest part of which will be implemented, or all of it, in an establishment if the competent authority has approved it. An advisory or orientation program designed to facilitate the choice of profession or type of training.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
What are the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
- The right of persons with disabilities to education.
- The right of persons with disabilities to work.
- The right of persons with disabilities to healthcare.
- The right of persons with disabilities to social protection.
Domestic Violence
- Physical violence
- Verbal violence
- Psychological and emotional violence
- Sexual violence
- Financial and economic violence
- Neglect
- Cultural and social violence
- Electronic violence
Child's Health
National Program for Early Screening of Newborns to Reduce Disability
- Delay in the growth and development of the child
- Learning difficulties
- epilepsy
- Coma
- Accumulation of toxic substances inside the child's body
- Failure of internal organs such as liver, kidneys and heart
Vaccination
Types of vaccines
- Live-attenuated vaccines: They use an attenuated (or weakened) form of the germ that causes a disease. These vaccines are very similar to the natural infection and therefore help protect against the infection by creating a strong and long-lasting immune response. Just 1 or 2 doses (of most live vaccines) can provide a lifetime of protection against a germ and the disease it causes.
- Inactivated vaccines: They use the dead version of the germ that causes a disease. The immunity (protection) they provide is usually not as strong as that provided by live vaccines. Therefore, several doses may be needed over time to gain ongoing immunity against diseases.
- Subunit/conjugate vaccines: They use specific parts of the germ (e.g., protein, sugar, or the casing around the germ). Since these vaccines use only specific parts of the germ, they provide a very strong immune response that targets key parts of the germ. This type of vaccine can be used on almost everyone who needs it, including people with weakened immune systems and chronic health problems. However, one of their disadvantages is that booster shots may be necessary to get ongoing protection against diseases.
- Toxoid vaccines: They use the harmful product (toxin) made by the germ that causes a disease so that the immune system can fight this toxin rather than the germ. Like other vaccines, booster shots may be necessary to get ongoing protection against diseases.
Consequences of delayed vaccination
- To Reach the Vaccination Reminder Service, click here.
- To book an appointment at a healthcare center that provide vaccines, click here.
Stages of growth and development of the child
- Cognitive Development: It is the child’s ability to solve problems, such as a 3-month-old baby bringing the toy closer to his mouth, or a 5-year-old child solving a simple math exercise.
- Social and Emotional Development: This means his interaction with those around him, such as the child at the age of 6 weeks smiling, or the child making a farewell movement at the age of 10 months.
- Speech and Language Development: It includes understanding and using the language, the child at the age of one speaks a few words, and the child at the age of two knows what the word eye means.
- Fine Motor Skill Development: such as using the hands and fingers, i.e., small muscles, to pick up small objects, and then use the pen.
- Gross Motor Skill Development: the use of large muscles, the ability to sit, walk and then jump.
Premature Babies
Causes
- Some chronic conditions (e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes)
- Smoking or using drugs
- Psychological stress
- Infections
- Physical trauma
- The body is small and disproportionate to the head
- Thin and see through skin
- Fine hair covering much of the body
- Low body temperature, especially immediately after birth, caused by low fat supplies in the body
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Bedwetting in children
- Some children do not produce enough Anti-Diuretic Hormone that would reduce the amount of urine excreted by the kidneys at night.
- Decreased bladder capacity in children.
- Psychological factors (such as stress or exposure to a particular trauma)
- Emotional problems (such as the birth of a new child or separation of parents, illness or death of a family member, sexual harassment or assault).
Childhood Cancer
- Leukemia (34.6%).
- Brain and nervous system cancers (15.1%).
- Hodgkin lymphoma (11%).
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (7%).
- Kidney cancer (6.4%).
- Bone cancer (6.1%).
- Sarcoma (3.9%).
- Eye cancer (3.3%).
- Adrenal cancer (2.6%).
- Liver cancer (2.3%).
Symptoms
- Laboratory tests, including blood and urine tests.
- Ultrasound scans
- X-ray scans
- MRI scans
- Biopsy.
- Surgery.
- Chemotherapy.
- Radiation therapy.
- Stem cell and bone marrow transplant.
Child Dental Care
School Health
Child Nutrition
COLOSTRUM (Gold Liquid)
- Lactoferrin: a protein component that strengthens the immunity of the body and protect it from diseases.
- White blood cells: the antibodies that enhance the immune system.
- Beta-carotene: colostrum’s yellowish color is due to the presence of beta-carotene, and it is rich in mineral elements (sodium, potassium, and chloride).
Physical Activity
Child weight management
- Being mindful of the child's psychological state when dealing with his weight and encouraging him to play and exercise.
- Engaging your child in an ongoing, preferably group, sports activity of average intensity.
- Ensuring that your child has high-fiber and low-sugar breakfast meals.
- Providing your child with options that are as healthy as possible (such as vegetables and fruits) while maintaining attractive presentation of them.
- Calculating the needed daily calorie intake and training students to monitor the nutritional value of their food.
- Dividing the child's daily meals to five small meals to be served on fixed time.
- Increasing whole grains in your child's meals, such as: Oats, wheat grains, brown rice, and chickpeas.
- Ensuring that your child drinks two cups of water before eating.
- Gradually reducing the amount of sugar added to your child's beverages.
- It is preferred to provide your child with low-fat dairy products.
- Making sure that your child's meal does not include more than one type of carbohydrates.
- Avoid having your child eat fruits or sweets right after eating their meals.
- Serving natural juices rich in fiber and educating students about the dangers of soft drinks and energy drinks, as well as the need to refrain from them.
- Avoiding the use of terms like “diet".
- Making sure that those who surround your child follow the same healthy habits.
- Using healthy cooking tools (like electric fryers) to provide the child's favorite foods with the lowest calories.
- Allowing your child to eat whatever he desires once or twice a week. It is preferred that he eats such meals in the morning time.
- Measuring your child's weight on the weighing scale once every 10 days. It is preferred to find different exciting ways to encourage them to hop on the weighing scale.
Child Safety
Child safety at Home
- Keep your children away from the kitchen when cooking.
- Keep the handles of pots and pans away from the outer side of the oven, and make sure that you use the internal cooking stoves rather than the ones near the outer side of the oven.
- Keep hot food away from the reach of children, and do not leave it on the edges of table surfaces.
- Keep sharp objects away from the reach of children and place them in closed cabinets.
Bedroom
- Make sure that the child's bed or crib is safe and that it has railings to prevent your child and falling on the ground while sleeping.
- Avoid putting cotton toys near your sleeping child to prevent any accidental suffocation.
Bathrooms
- Observe your child continuously when he is taking a bath. If you had to leave them, even to get a phone call, you must take him out of the shower with you.
- Make sure that the water temperature is suitable to avoid burns.
- Keep electrical devices (such as: Hair dryers) away from water, and make sure the devices are disconnected while the child is taking a bath.
- Make sure that all bathroom and laundry rooms are closed.
In-car Child Safety
Children Protection From Internet Content
- Creating a list of good sites for children and provide them for a direct access to these websites.
- Monitor children closely and follow the sites they visit.
- Limiting email correspondence to a known group of the child's friends and relatives.
- Defining the risks of participating in chat rooms or irregular groups.
- Continuous discussion with the child about the benefits and risks of using the Internet.
- Activating the child's self-monitoring and providing them with adequate and clear information and methods to be able to browse safely.
- Activating their role in introducing the rest of the family to the knowledge they acquire through the Internet, sharing useful and useful information, and warning of the dangers they discover.
Ten things you can do to keep your child safe from mobile phone risks
- Knowing all the specifications of the device that you will buy for your child and asking how to cancel services that you do not want your child to use.
- Ensure that the device is suitable for the child's age and experience.
- Fully aware of the technologies that your child will use on the mobile phone, whether they are alone or with friends.
- Do not provide a mobile phone to your child as soon as they request, but there must be an urgent need for that, and you must be aware of the risks that it may face.
- Establishing a family system to ensure that the time and material limits for using the device are not exceeded.
- Educating children about everything related to using the device, whether it is use the Internet, communicating, or otherwise, and sharing responsibility in controlling the financial costs of these services.
- Do not use prepaid recharge cards if you want to monitor your child's use.
- Some people can access mobile phones via Bluetooth, so it should be set to do not show this device.
- Use the password to operate the mobile phone, in order to protect it from unauthorized use, and make sure to store this number in a safe secret place.
- Make sure to save the serial number of your device, so that it can be recognized by the police in case of theft.
Protecting and empowering children in the cyber world
- Cyberbullying.
- Children are increasingly targeted online.
- Identity theft.
- Electronic harassment.
- Intellectual influence.
Aspirations
- Promote children's cyberspace security and protect them in cyberspace.
- Raising the level of awareness for children and parents regarding suspicious content on the Internet and clarifying the risks in cyberspace.
- Collaboration to develop best practices, develop policies, and support implementation by assessing the global level of awareness of children.
- Launching training programs and supporting decision-makers and educators to use best practices for protecting children on the Internet.
Child Education
Early Childhood Development And Care
- To view Early Childhood Development Initiatives and Projects, click here.
Registration of New Students
- To access Noor System, click here.
Education for People with Disabilities
- Personalized Education: There are many governmental institutes for various disabilities, such as Institutes of Intellectual Education, Institutes of Visual Impairment, Institutes of Hearing Impairment. According to needs, these institutes are equipped to provide compatible curricula with disabled students through specialized teachers and provide rehabilitation services to different groups of people with disabilities.
- Inclusive Education: Including students with disabilities in general education schools while ensuring that they receive the necessary educational support and rehabilitation services, allowing them to advance with their peers in various classrooms such as learning difficulties, behavioral disorders and autism. The Ministry of Education is keen on creating an educational environment in schools by training its staff to obtain a healthy and stable educational environment suitable for special needs students' desires.
Services to help people with disabilities participate in education
- Disability Assessment: It is an electronic service that enables persons with disabilities to submit a request to register their disability data in order to be included among the beneficiaries of social development services.
- Noor Registration Service: An electronic service provided by the Ministry of Education that enables parents to register their children in schools without going to schools and supervisory centers, in order to the enrollment of students in the early stages of education.
- Maeen for Special Education: A free scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education to study in a private school or special education program for the target group ( primary, intermediate, secondary, and kindergarten education) according to certain requirements and standards.
- To view the educational map of special education institutes and programs in the Kingdom, click here.
- For questions and answers on all that helps students with disabilities learn in school, click here.
- Madrasati platform: An educational platform developed by the Ministry of Education for male and female students of general education, as an interactive educational alternative to study about Dr.
- For more information about Early Care Services for Children with Disabilities in the Preschool Age, Click here.
- For more information about Education for Children with Disabilities, click here.
- For more information about Distance Education and E-Learning for Children with Disabilities, click here.
- The foster family
- The friendly family
- Only Saudi children are accepted into the nursery, who are not available to take care of their families or suitable alternative families.
- To be among the cases of people with special circumstances who are orphans or of unknown parents and those of similar status, or from cases of family disintegration or the death of those entitled to custody of the child or his affliction with an intractable mental, nervous or physical disease.
- Younger than 7 years old.
- Shall not be suffering from contagious diseases.
- The consent of the person who takes care of the child in writing to enroll him in the foster home after it is proven that he is unable to care for him.
- Offering housing and care for an orphan.
- Providing food according to health standards and under medical supervision.
- Periodic health follow-up on children and preventive medical examination.
- Maintaining the cleanliness of the child in his body and clothes.
- Dressing the child in appropriate clothes to his age and gender, according to the specifications prepared by the specialists.
- Providing an appropriate social environment that fills as much as possible the deficiency resulting from the absence of a natural family for children.
- Rising them with the Islamic values according to what their age allows, and according to the recommendations of educational experts.
- Providing pre-school education opportunities for children, according to their aptitudes and ages, to accustom them to self-reliance and to provide them with the opportunity to discover and distinguish the personal characteristics of others.
- Enrolling a group of children in an outside kindergarten to achieve the opportunity to mix with other children to develop their perceptions and abilities.
- Enrolling children in primary schools after the age of six, and providing all possible means to achieve a good level during their studies.
- Saving an amount of money from the time the child deposited a monthly bonus in his private account until his registration at the home is terminated.
- Psychological care for the child, which includes conducting psychological tests and speech sessions according to the type of case.
- Providing educational, recreational and cultural programs for children and giving them the opportunity to practice them individually and collectively under the supervision of incubators.
- Visiting commercial centers and malls, popular markets, artistic and cultural exhibitions, as well as public facilities and cultural landmarks, going to farms and organizing targeted outdoor leisure trips.
- Attending some social events such as marriage parties.
- Participation in social parties and hospital parties.
- Participation in some internal and external camps implemented by one of the social homes of the Agency for Social Affairs and under its supervision.
- Organizing visits for children over the age of six to the Home of Social Education for boys at the end of each week as a preliminary measure for their transfer to the cubs section in the home.
- An orphan of one or both parents.
- Unknown parentage.
- Children with broken families.
- That the person to be enrolled or attached to the home must be one of the previous categories.
- That the age of the child at the time of submitting the application for admission is not less than six years and not more than twelve years for students only.
- They should not have a family from their relatives that can take care of them.
- That the living conditions surrounding them threaten to deviate them if they continue in them.
- That the social research proves the applicability of the conditions and their eligibility to enter the home.
- They must not be suffering from infectious diseases, disabilities and mental illnesses.
- The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs may exempt from one or more conditions of acceptance when necessary and in special exceptional cases (orphan - age - nationality).
- To be an orphan of one of the parents.
- The Social Education Home to which they were enrolled must submit a report explaining the current living conditions of the student that require his enrollment in the Model Education Institution, along with providing this institution with the entire student file of the Social Education House.
- That the student fulfills the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Education to accept students for intermediate education in terms of age and total grades in the elementary certificate.
- The student should be willing to enroll in intermediate education, or technical or vocational institutes.
- The medical examination must prove his safety from the diseases that hinder his benefit from his accommodation and care in the Model Education Institution.
- That he during elementary school an example of diligence and diligence and excels in study, good conduct and behavior during his previous stay in the Social Education House.
Care for Orphans and Children of Unknown Parentage
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been concerned with the matter of orphans and has promoted their care, and this care extended, and its foundations were confirmed, and the responsibility was assigned to follow up the conditions of orphans, touch their needs, and take their hands to ensure their dignity and achieve their self-reliance.
The General Administration for Orphans is the agency for social welfare and family in the Ministry which is responsible and supervising all the affairs of orphans and their care, and aims to work towards setting general policies for the care of orphan children and those of similar status and social groups with special conditions of unknown parents and their inclusion in care, education and reform in accordance with the principles of the tolerant Islamic Sharia With modern scientific methods through residential homes and institutions, or following up their care within foster or friendly families, the General Administration for Orphan Care provides its services through two specialized technical departments: the Department of Orphans Affairs and the Department of Residential Care.
Includes:
1 - Department of Orphan Sponsorship Affairs
The Department of Orphan Sponsorship Affairs is based on the firm belief and conviction that the natural family atmosphere is the appropriate environment for upbringing and caring for an orphan child from socio-psychological and mental aspects, and considering joining one of the residential branches as the last practical solutions and the last stage of the orphan care when the social research proves that this family atmosphere is not available to take care of the orphan with one of their relatives or any foster family, and this department also supervises the foster families system and the friendly family system.
The Department of Orphan Sponsorship Affairs studies the sponsorship requests in accordance with the terms and regulations for this.
The foster family and the friendly family programs supervised by the administration:
It is that a family takes care of an orphan child from among the orphans who are supervised by the Ministry completely and permanently, providing them psychological safety and emotional satisfaction, and earns them the optimal social norms and values, where the orphan child is a member of the family according to the Sharia regulations governing this matter.
It is a program that aims to compensate orphan children who have not had the opportunity to embrace by handing over to families wishing to take care of them partial care according to a system whereby one of the normal families in the community connects with one or more orphan children residing in one of the social housing homes of the Agency for Social Welfare and Development in order to host him with them. During a specific period, such as the vacation period (holidays, weekend or summer vacation), then the child is returned after the leave or the specified period ends to the home or institution in which he resides.
One of the most important objectives of the Department of Orphan Sponsorship Affairs is to receive the requests of families who wish to sponsor this group and who wish to be rewarded from God that have the ability and competence to care for orphan children and compensate them for their loss of their parents, as the opportunity is available to decent families who wish to take care of orphans. The foster families and friendly families are chosen according to special social criteria so that they have the right social climate and the desired elements of social upbringing, and they express a desire to take care of these children within the family members, and thus are entrusted with the care and upbringing of orphans and those of similar status, and these children are subject to continuous supervision and follow-up from the Ministry’s branches. Financial aid is paid for each child in exchange for his care, the amount of which reaches (2000) riyals per month for the family that sponsors a child under the age of six years and an amount of (3000) riyals per month for the family that sponsors a child over the age of six (for those who apply for it from families The sponsor), and at the end of the sponsorship period, the foster family will receive a reward of (20,000) riyals for each child whose sponsorship period has expired.
2 - Residential Care Department
The Residential Care Department works to create proper family stability for children covered by residential care within nurseries, social education homes and model education institutions, and prepares statistical, technical and administrative reports on childcare programs, and supervises social nurseries and social education homes for boys and girls and model education institutions.
Social Nurseries
The first stages of caring for orphans. The social nurseries are social institutions affiliated with the Social Affairs Agency, and they aim to provide comprehensive care for young children, including orphans and those with special circumstances of unknown parents and the like, who do not have proper care in the family or natural community.
Social nurseries have been prepared to provide the appropriate social and psychological climate for children from birth until the age of six, in addition to full accommodation to compensate the child as much as possible for the absence of a natural family, as they find appropriate health, social, psychological, educational and recreational care for such a stage of life. These homes are supervised by the Department of Residential Care, one of the departments of the General Administration of Orphan Care.
Conditions for admission to social nurseries
Aspects of appropriate care provided by social nurseries
First: Comprehensive care inside the home, includes
Second: Internal programs and activities
In the field of internal activity, nurseries pay attention to develop the child's experiences and provide him with social, cultural and other skills through the activities that they implement for children inside the home under the supervision of the administrative and technical apparatus at the home. The internal programs and activities include simple games and, in the garden, and the practice of sports activity under the supervision of the incubator and practicing an educational activity for children from two to four years under the supervision of a social worker, in addition to children's participation in the kitchen activity to know the names of natural nutrients, developing cultural activity by conducting cultural and educational competitions, presenting puppet theater activities, practicing agricultural activities, and providing an atmosphere of competition between children, in addition to implementing recreational activities include preparing incubators, supervising a social worker for children, preparing and developing the capacities of infants, and enrolling children from the age of 4-6 years in the internal kindergarten at the home under the supervision of the kindergarten supervisor and teachers.
Third: External programs and activities
It depends on a diverse activity that is carried out at specific times and aims to integrate children into the external community and includes the following:
Homes of social education for boys and girls
The social education homes aim to accommodate orphans, of unknown parents and those of similar status of both sexes, and to create the appropriate climate for the home to act as a trusted breadwinner alternative to the natural family, and to provide integrated care for these children for their healthy growth and adaptation to themselves and their society through the social education homes for boys and the social education homes for girls.
These homes receive orphans who have reached the age of six, and have been prepared to accommodate, care for and raise them so that it is as close as possible to the natural family home.
Students continue with the social education home for boys until the age of twelve, and then the model education institutions receive them after this age until they finish their studies in schools affiliated with the Ministry of Education, or they are enrolled in suitable work, or are prepared to reside in the external community. Meanwhile, female students remain in girls' social education homes until they are prepared to become housewives capable of preparing a decent family life.
Each male and female student in the social education home receives remuneration according to their stages of study, for the male and female students in the elementary stage their monthly remuneration is (500) riyals, and the students of the middle stage in the education homes or model institution, their monthly remuneration is (700) riyals. As for high school students in educational homes or a model institution, their monthly remuneration is (900) riyals. As for undergraduate students, their monthly remuneration is (1200) riyals.
Who can be accepted to social education home
Social education homes accept the following:
Conditions for joining the social education homes for boys and girls:
Model Education Institutions:
The model educational institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are considered the next stage for caring for male orphans who graduate in social education homes after obtaining the primary certificate, and these orphans are usually excellent students who excel in theoretical studies, and model education institutions aim to accommodate and embrace them to provide opportunities for care and intermediate education And secondary to them afterwards.
Conditions for joining model education institutions:
For the student to be admitted to the Model Education Institution, the following conditions are required:
Aspects of social welfare and activities in model education institutions:
The model educational institutions depend on planning sponsorship programs and various activities, and supervising their implementation and follow-up by a technical committee formed for this purpose, where coordination is made between social, cultural and sports activities, occupying leisure time with useful hobbies, organizing study times, and so on. The institution’s social department supervises all activities and programs inside and outside the institution.
Orphans Marriage:
Since the Ministry is the alternative legal guardian for orphan girls and those of similar status, the issue of raising up and marrying girls is one of the most important work that the agency carries out, as conditions and controls are set for the applicant for marriage. During the completion of the marriage forms, which include two parts, a special section for the applicant to marry and include all the necessary data about him, in addition to attaching health and social documents about him as well, and the other part of the form includes the necessary data about the girl and her care and other documents about the girl’s desire to enter married life and accept the applicant.
Child Benefits
In The Kingdom, child benefits form an essential part of social security, reflecting the government's commitment to supporting children and ensuring the well-being of the family. Regular disbursements of child benefits have been contributed to covering various expenses related to education, healthcare, and basic needs, contributing to the overall development and welfare of children and families in the country. The provision of child benefits is a testament to the nation's dedication to nurturing its future leaders and fostering a strong and resilient community. The Kingdom’s efforts in this field have been fruitful in several initiatives and programs, among them are:
Initiatives and services provided by the Ministry of Health
Vaccination Reminder Service
Within the framework of the efforts carried out by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to maintain the health of children in the Kingdom, and protect them and the community groups of diseases, it established this service to remind parents of the deadlines of the basic vaccinations against diseases targeted by immunization according to the MOH new vaccinations schedule, in terms of sending a reminding message of the vaccination date on the mobile phone, e-mail by the vaccination child week.
For the list of basic vaccinations, click here.
Child Health
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Initiatives and services provided by the Ministry of Education
Early childhood development and care
The Ministry of Education laid down the basics for students' physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development and their development simultaneously, in the early stages of childhood between the ages of 3-8 years, and that process at each stage depends on the capabilities achieved by the child in the previous stage. These policies came to touch the special needs of young learners, to raise performance levels, and to develop plans to build, and institutional formation, for the child's entry and preparation for higher education stages.
To access the service, click here.
School Health
It is a set of concepts, principles, systems and services provided with the aim of promoting student health at an early age to raise the level of public health, by making use of health sciences such as: public health, preventive medicine, health education, biostatistics, nutrition as well as educational sciences, in addition to employing communication and media to spread health awareness directly in School, or indirectly into the general community.
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Initiatives and services provided by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development
Child protection law
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Care for orphans and children of unknown parentage
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Juvenile care
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Awareness of the causes of family violence #talatf
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