AWARENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PRACTITIONERS ABOUT CHILD'S PROTECTION IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.

Abstract

Increased number of child abuse and neglect has become one of the major problems across the world, including in Saudi Arabia. The purpose of this research is to examine the importance of increasing awareness of educational practitioners about child protection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In order to derive into conclusive results, the review uses teacher interviews on 5 teachers of Saudi Arabia alongside relevant material to critically analyse issues in the path of protecting children in educational institutions. Teachers face challenges include maintaining privacy, cultural nuances, and the dread of reporting something incorrectly. The analysis emphasises the necessity of comprehensive training, including cultural competency, in transformational teacher education. Concerns of the findings, social backlash, and harm to the school's prestige stand out as major obstacles. In order to properly address these issues, the conversation emphasises how crucial it is to create an atmosphere of cooperation, give children safety top priority, and advance transparency inside the educational system. The teachers should communicate with authorities at the right time with appropriate evidence of the abuse to protect the children from abuse and neglect.