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
Formed	October 22, 1959; 65 years ago
Dissolved	March 24, 2002; 22 years ago
Superseding agency	Ministry of Education;
Jurisdiction	Government of Saudi Arabia
Headquarters	Riyadh, 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]

^ Alwedinani, Jawaher (2016-11-08). Gender and Subject Choice in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-52005-1.
^ 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.

[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] -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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