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1. Introduction

International Exhibition and Forum for Education (IEFE) is the official annual event of the

Saudi Ministry of Education . It is the biggest and most well attended educational exhibition

and conference in the Gulf Region with over 40,000 visitors turning up at the 2012 event.This year, the five-day 3 rd International Exhibition and Forum for Education (IEFE), opened on

Monday 18/02/2013 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center and

ended on 22/02/2013. Organized under the support of the Saudi Ministry of Education, IEFE

2013 gathered senior level decision makers, key industry education providers and

stakeholders from around the world. In addition, senior representatives from Universities,

Colleges, and Training Institutions, secondary education institutions and public and private

schools in the region particularly from Saudi Arabia participated over the event.The subject of the event was Educational Evaluation Approach & Techniques , focus ing on

promoting excellence, quality, performance improvement, deploying innovative solutions,

new investment and international partnerships in the education sector.

The IEFE of 2013 attracted senior level decision makers, key industry education providers

and stakeholders from around the world for a great, inspiring networking and learning

experience. Globally well-known education, government and business leaders delivered

inspiring keynote presentations while there were one to one meeting opportunities to

encourage cooperation, potential collaboration and possible commercial agreements in an

official setting. It was exceptional platform for generating alliances.

2. Objectives of IEFE 2013The main topic of IEFE 2013, as established by the Saudi Ministry of Education, was

Educational Evaluation Approach & Techniques . This is in line with the key objective of

improving and implementing cutting edge evaluation techniques for the performance of

schools and higher learning institutions in the country and the Gulf region. The focus was on

achieving promoting Excellence, Quality, Performance Improvement, Deploying Innovative

Solutions, New Investment and International Partnerships to achieve the desired goal.

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3. Key Themes Discussed on IEFE 2013

On IEFE 2013 Forum, experts and international speakers from the field of education discussed

key themes such as:

Teaching by Social Media Education via Smart Devices

Adopting Tried and Tested International Techniques

Evaluating Educational Infrastructure

Evaluating and Improving Learning Materials

International Partnership and Investment

Learning from Countries that have Achieved Educational Excellence Finland was the Focal

Point and Case Study for IEFE 2013.

4. International Organizations on IEFE 2013 Exhibition

The IEFE 2013 five day event was the unique Forum bolding an impressive international

speaker panel and brought together all the education stakeholders to exchange ideas, share

solutions and experiences through workshops, panel discussions and open debates. It was

the must-attend educational exhibition in the Gulf Region!

There were many international organizations at IEFE 2013 exhibition mainly from the

following categories: IT solutions aimed at educational market, Gulf Government Ministries,

Hardware Providers, Building Equipment for Education Solutions, Providers of Training

Solutions, Education Quality Assurance Systems, Curriculum Providers, Pre-School

Equipment Suppliers, Special Needs Education Equipment Suppliers, Education Solutions For

The Specially Talented, Educational Broadcast Media, Sports Equipment & Infrastructure to

Aid Educational Performance.

Visitors at IEFE 2013 were primarily senior decision makers from Saudi and Gulf

Governments Ministries, Universities, Colleges and Public and Private Schools, Senior

Representatives from International Educational Institutions and Investors.

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5. Products exhibited on IEFE 2013 eventThere were many educational related equipments, made by different organizations and

Institutions, being exhibited at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center and

some of these are as indicated below.

I. Solar System Educational Equipment (Module Type )

This product is made by Korean organization called Woosun Control Co.Ltd. The solar system

educational training equipment was designed to study construction and principle of a solar

work. Users can easily learn how to connect cell in Series, parallel and Series-parallel

connection.

II. School Furniture

This is the main product of Indonesia. Indonesians make school furniture like book case,school desk, computer desk which are made of wood.

III. Educational Consultants

These are Malaysian educational group organizations called Legenda education group

which aim with aspiring rich tradition of excellence in education with the top rated

academics and exciting student life.

IV. Language Learning Player

This educational instrument is made by the Chinese Bolin Science And TechnologyCorporation Ltd. Company. It records and plays teachers speaking, Tone frequency

sending, broadcast receiving and teaching material edition. In addition, it has 100

frequency sending bands.

V. School Building company

It is the Indian private Limited Company committed to innovative and world class

construction standards. It is called Atoz buildcon India PLC.

VI. Computer Training Rooms ServiceThey are the Australian made computer Training Rooms with custom designed facilities

capable of accommodating up to 136 peoples in individually climate controlled rooms.

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VII. Green Room in Education institutions

The Green room is the main class room space utilized for education programs at Miner Institute. It canaccommodate around 20 to 25 people.It is made by the USA agricultural Research Institute calledWillium H.Miner

6. Conclusion and the outcome of the IEFE 2013 Forum

In general, attendees of different countries to the IEFE 2013 Forum were believed to achieve

the following benefits from the exhibition and international speakers in the field of education.

Excellent Experience sharing among different countries and how to collaboratively work

together towards achievement of addressing quality education for the community.

How to easily make education supportive instruments

Encouraging organizations which provides educational equipments via different occasions

like International exhibitions and forums.

How to increase the quality level of education using different techniques.

How to develop skills of students towards making the real technologies

How to collaboratively work with different organizations in the development of quality

education in a country.

How to qualitatively assess and evaluate the educational system of a country in both high

school and higher institutions.

Eventually, the IEFE 2013 Forum was the exciting international speaker panel and brought

together all the education stakeholders and made the attendees to exchange ideas, share

solutions and experiences through panel discussions and open debates.