Dr. Naif Alromi

GRM 2012 Workshop: The Impact of Large-scale Datasets on Evidence-based Educational Policymaking and Reform in the Gulf States

Deputy Minister - Educational Development & Planning, Ministry of Education

Dr. Naif H. Alromi is Deputy Minister of Educational Development and Planning in the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alromi has been a school counselor, assistant head of the Riyadh school district, and a key official in the Ministry of Education for 5 more than 22 years. His accomplishments include leadership of several multi-billion Riyal projects for the Ministry such as the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Public Education Development Project (Tatweer) as well as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alromi’s research interests include school-to-work transition and the role of vocational education in national development, which has led to publications in many languages, including The Employability Imperative: Schooling for Work as a National Project (Nova Publishing, 2005).