Aiming to raise statistical awareness among students by using a scientific and attractive way GaStat starts receiving students in “ The smart statistitician” exhibition in cooperation with “Scitech” Khobar As part of its plan to raise statistical awareness among all society categories including school students, GaStat organizes the exhibition of “ The smart statistitician” in cooperation with Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Centre for Science and Technology “ Scitech” in Al Khobar city. The exhibition events are held in the centre during the period 9-20 Jumada the second 1439 H corresponding 25th of February- 8th of March 2018.  The exhibition which targets the students of intermediate schools, aims at showing how important is statistics in the life of students by using a scientific and attractive way. It also aims at identifying the most distinct concepts associated with statistics, in addition to raising the level of statistical awareness among students. Furthermore, this exhibition enhances the students’ recognition of the role of statistical entities and field statisticians, and the role of provided data accuracy on development as students are considered effective tools in conveying what they learn to their households.  The exhibition starts receiving the students by a demo video, so the students can get new scientific information in an attractive and entertaining way. The video will introduce statistics, the difference between statistics and mathematics, the General Authority for Statistics’ role, the role of students and households in GaStat work, and the way statistical research are implemented by simulating this experience and making students act like statisticians in their household visits.  The exhibition, which opens at 9 AM and closes at 1 PM (week days), includes many competitions such as the competition of the regions and numbers which aims at providing information about the population numbers in each region. There is also the competition of statistical symbols which teaches students about the importance of population and housing census and all statistical surveys in general.

General Authority for Statistics Releases the Sixteenth “Services Guide 2017” and View Its Results in an Interactive Map on Its Website More than 5,800 tables covering the information of more than 16,000 populated areas General Authority for Statistics issues the sixteenth “Services Guide 2017” and view its results in an interactive map on its website On Monday 10/6/1439H - 26/2/2018, GaStat issued the sixteenth Services Guide of cities and villages’ statistics on its official website. This guide is considered an official unified reference for all services of governmental and private entities in the different Saudi regions with all their cities and villages. The guides of the thirteen regions contain data and information for 16.263 populated areas (city – village), including geographical information and data, educational and health serveries, and data related to the availability of administrative, social, and agricultural services as well as public services. This guide contains (5810) detailed tables.  Moreover, this guide, which was prepared by 27 entities, is one of the most important statistical references for the data of cities and villages. It is issued by GaStat every three years in order to provide a unified and official reliable data and information at a high level of accuracy. These data and information are about all available services of cities and villages. So that it can be a unified reference for all government ministries, institution and organization, researchers, students, and media. The guide of each administrative region includes geographical data and information on the level of populated areas (city, village) and their services such as the services of public and privet education with their three stages, Quranic schools services, higher education services, technical, industrial, agricultural, and health education services, scientific, vocational, and commercial institutes services, institutes for persons with disabilities services, elderly and kindergarten schools services.  Furthermore, there are other services such as health services which include hospitals, health-care centers, public and privet clinics, Saudi Arabian red crescent services, data of administrative centers (governorate, municipality), traffic, police, and civil defense centers, departments of civil affairs, passport, Awqaf (religious affairs department), labor offices, committee for the propagation of virtue and prohibition of vice, writings of justice, courts, municipalities, social security offices, social development centers, ministry of agriculture and its brunches,  agricultural development funds, real estate’s  development fund, industrial development fund, lending bank, and the branches of ministries and authorities .In addition to the public services which include electricity, water, telecommunications, post offices, travel and tourism agencies, and banking services. GaStat declared today that the data reference year is the fiscal year of 1436 H/1437 H (2016). However, the public education services guide results show that the total number of public and private primary schools in all thirteen regions is (14.688) schools, with (1.457.326) male students and (1.469.797) female Students.  As for the intermediate schools, the total number in all thirteen regions is (8.607) schools, with (694.612) male students and (657.043) female students. Whereas the total number of public and private high schools in all thirteen regions is (5.713) schools, with (647.292) male students and (633.821) female students. The results of the services guide also show that there are (39) public and private universities in all thirteen regions of Saudi Arabia iincluding (688.644) male students, (752.356) female students, (41.954) male faculty members, and (34.037) female faculty members. However, the number of public and private colleges at the regional level has reached (112) colleges, (119,251) male students, (35,233) female students, (6,588) male faculty members, and (2,250) female lecturers.       According to the results of the guide of the health services, the total number of private and public hospitals has reached (469) hospitals, with (69.450) beds. Whereas the total number of government’s health care centers and private clinics has reached (4.808) centers in the Kingdom. Moreover, the total number of doctors in all government and private hospitals, government’s health care centers, and private clinics has reached (53.230) males and (25.917) females. Furthermore, the number of nursing staff has reached (30.849) males, and (131.896) females in the Kingdom. As for the total number of Red Crescent and Ambulance Centers, it has reached (397), with (4.850) paramedics, and (871) ambulance cars. On the other hand, GaStat through its official website provides data of Services Guide through interactive map to keep up with the latest technology in the statistical field with a set of tools, functions, methods of research and logical analyses on the databases. As well as use Geographic Information Systems techniques in linking the statistical statement with the geographical coordinates of the site on the map to benefit from the spatial dimension as an element of the statistical statement in different searches and analyzes processes. It's worth noting that the Guide of Government Services Statistics for cities and villages of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia released every three years based on the royal decree no. 3/w/26301 of 30/11/1401H states that the GaStat must arrange to release the Services Guide in cities and villages of the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia which contributes to the processes of planning and establishing future visions for development services to benefit the citizens in all Kingdom’s regions.

The Prince of the Eastern Province, Prince Ahmad Bin Fahad Values the Role of GaStat in Providing Updated Data and Statistics to All Government Entities His Royal Highness the deputy prince of Eastern Province, prince Ahmad bin Fahad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz welcomed his excellency the President of the General Authority for Statistics, Dr. Fahad bin Salman Altukhifi and his delegation at his office in the principality court today Sunday. His Highness reviewed the latest data of the Eastern Province within the Services Guide 2017, released by the Authority through its website. Additionally, he stressed that this high-level movement comes from the support and follow- up by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may Allah protect them. Furthermore, it aims to push forward the Comprehensive Economic Development, as well as it spurs all government bodies including GaStat to work positively with the requirements of the stage. Also, he appreciated the role of GaStat in providing updated data and statistics to all government entities that support decision and policy makers. His excellency the President of GaStat, Dr. Fahad Altukhifi clarified that the Eastern Region is witnessing a development on various levels led by his Highness the prince of the province and his deputy that lead us to follow these steps in the General Authority for Statistics, reflecting the numbers which are important indicators for the development across all governorates and regions. Moreover, he pointed out that the Services Guide 2017 published by the Authority through its website, includes statistics of services for the kingdom’s cities and villages. As well as it considers a unified official reference to the services of all governmental and non-governmental bodies available at different regions of the kingdom at the level of its cities and villages. Where it contributes to the processes of planning and establishing future visions for development services to benefit the citizens in all kingdom’s regions. The Guide, in which 27 governmental entities contributed to its preparation to be as a source of information for data, aims to provide geographic database for each populated area that has an accredited service, database on educational services, health services, social and development services, beside public services, administrative services, financial and banking services, as well as providing database for the most important service facilities at the level of kingdom’s regions.

50 Students Participate at the General Authority for Statistics “Cooperative Training Program" this semester The General Authority for Statistics has implemented the “cooperative training program’’ with the participation of 50 students from educational institutions during this semester for many majors including economics, statistics, accounting, media, mathematics, information technology, administration and law. The program provides the trainees with the opportunity to apply for a number of academic courses that students have taken within their educational institutions in the labor market. within a period of time to be counted in the academic graduation program. The training program, which runs from hours to four months, aims to help students gain the practical skills and efficiency in their fields of study in their university, allowing them to develop many of their practical experiences that may differ in nature from those gain over during periods of study. The training period helps colleges and universities to evaluate the academic preparation of their students through the report of their Cooperative Training Program, statements and job evaluation reports given by the direct supervisor to the trainee at the General Authority for Statistics. The "Cooperative Training" program aims to attract outstanding students from the newly graduated for the General Authority for Statistics. The program also aims to strengthen the relations between the General Authority for Statistics and the educational institutions in the public and private sectors. The General Authority for Statistics aims to do a couple of programs and projects to activate the academic sector considering it one of the four basic components of the statistical sector besides the Authority and the statistical units in government agencies and the private sector. These programs goal is to participate with fields that are related to the statistical work and the future plan for statistics in the kingdom and its transformation program. And also to cooperate with universities to evaluate or develop the products of the statistical work. The Authority has given a couple of programs to the Saudi universities during the last period.