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General Presidency for Girls Education

General Presidency for Girls Education
الرئاسة العامة لتعليم البنات
The logo of GPGE outside its headquarters in Riyadh with a verse from Qur'an (20:114) calligraphed on the wall
Agency overview
FormedOctober 22, 1959 (1959-10-22)
DissolvedMarch 24, 2002 (2002-03-24)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Saudi Arabia
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Child agency
  • Presidency Agency for Girls Colleges

The General Presidency for Girls Education (GPGE) (Arabic: الرئاسة العامة لتعليم البنات), also known as the Directorate General for Girls Education (DGGE), was an autonomous government entity in Saudi Arabia that regulated nearly all forms of women's education in the country from 1959 to 2002, independent from supervision of the Ministry of Knowledge.[1][2]

  1. ^ Alwedinani, Jawaher (2016-11-08). Gender and Subject Choice in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-52005-1.
  2. ^ al-Iḥṣāʼ, Markaz al-Maʻlūmāt al-Iḥṣāʼīyah wa-al-Tawthīq al-Tarbawī Qism (1985). Educational statistics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (in Arabic). Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Education, Center for Statistical Data & Educational Documentation, Statistics Section.

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