Teachers' Attitudes Toward the Privatization of Education in Saudi Arabia

There are increasing global trends in the privatization of general education, which is considered one of the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 for improving the quality of education. This study, with its potential to influence policy decisions, investigated teachers' attitudes toward the privatization of public education. This descriptive-analytical study uses data collected via an online questionnaire consisting of five developed scales. The research sample included 428 high school teachers in Saudi Arabia who were chosen randomly. It also explores the statistically significant differences between the responses of secondary school teachers, according to variables (gender, qualification, and years of experience), regarding the privatization of education. The finding demonstrated that teachers' overall level of attitudes "somewhat" agree with the privatization of education. Teachers agreed that the privatization of education threatens the teachers and administrators of job security, and contracting is the most appropriate form of privatization. The privatization of education contributes to reducing the quality of education. The results also show that there are statistically significant differences in favour of male teachers found regarding the gender variable between the study members, with no statistically significant differences found between the sample members according to qualification and years of experience.