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Saudi Education Administration Order: Girls' Schools Can't Call Civil Defense

The Saudi girls' education administration has banned girls' schools in eastern Saudi Arabia from calling the civil defense apparatus if security at the schools or in the schools' vicinity is inadequate.

The civil defense director for the region said the ban meant negligence and abandoning security for the girls.

Source: 'Ukaz, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2008

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