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Saudi Arabia's New Education Law, Explained: In Force 20 January 2027
Saudi Arabia's General Education Law was gazetted in Umm al-Qura on 24 July 2026 and takes effect 180 days later, on 20 January 2027. Its 68 articles replace seven instruments dating to 1969, create a General Education Affairs Council, and for the first time write foreign investment in schools into statute.