of Education Ten–Year Plan 1425–1435, which set the following goals: The education of 4- to 6-year-old children and the consideration of kindergarten as an independent stage as compared with other educational stages in terms of its buildings and syllabi Accommodation of all age categories from 6 to 18 years old at various stages of education Deepening the spirit of loyalty and pride of the country through intellectual awareness of Saudi Arabia's national issues Preparing students academically and culturally at the local and international levels to be able to achieve advanced international posts in the fields of mathematics and science for various age categories, taking into account International tests' standards Organization of girls' technical education Development of an educational system for students with special needs Development and growth of educational and administrative training for the Ministry's personnel Improvement of internal and external sufficiency for the educational system Development of syllabi based on Islamic values leading to the development of male and female students' personality and to their integration in society as well as to the achievement of scientific and thinking skills and life characteristics resulting in self-education and lifelong learning To improve the quality of male and female teachers and to increase the citizens' rate in the education sector to achieve the full use of Saudi human resources To develop the educational structure and to update the school map to meet the expected quantitative and qualitative changes in the next stage To develop the infrastructure of information and communication technology and its employment in education and learning To develop male and female adults' education and to eradicate illiteracy The Ministry's comprehensive administrative development Expansion of social participation in education To establish integrated systems for accountability Pre-primary education In Saudi Arabia, children aged 3–5 years go to kindergarten. However, attendance of kindergartens is not a prerequisite for enrollment of first grade of primary education and kindergartens are not part of the official education ladder. Some private numbers have been established with technical and financial first aid-kit from the government. According to government data, 100,714 children (51,364 male and 49,350 female) were in pre-primary education in 2007. The gross enrollment percentage was 10.8%, for boys 11.1 percent and for girls 10.4 percent. Intermediate and secondary education Intermediate education in Saudi Arabia lasts three years. According to government data, 1,144,548 students (609,300 male and 535,248 female) were in intermediate education in 2007 and the