College of Education – King Saud University

Vision, Mission and Objectives

  

The Vision:

To achieve distinction and engage in educational pioneering so that the College will contribute to the establishment of a knowledge society and become the “Center of Expertise” at the regional and national levels, attaining a position among top international colleges of education.

 

The Mission:

The mission of the College is to prepare professional educators who will contribute to building a knowledge society and who are able to compete globally. This will be achieved through improving the College’s programs and units by establishing a high-functioning learning community. Moreover, the College will seek to respond to the diverse needs of the society, the problems of the educational field, and the challenges to comprehensive development through presenting initiatives for educational reform, and employing knowledge, research, and development in the best way possible in light of the values and needs of the society and according to the academic accreditation criteria.

 

The Goals:

1.     To prepare distinctive professional educators who are socially involved and technically capable, and who engage in their continuous professional growth according to the values and needs of the society and the criteria of academic accreditation.

2.      To conduct distinguished research that will contribute to knowledge accumulation, advance professional practices, support educational reform efforts, and meet the needs of the educational field and the challenges to social and economic development.

3.     To develop the society through contributing to the initiatives, and the research, training, and consultation programs within the framework of a strategic partnership with other local and global institutions.