Saudi To teach or not to teach English? Faced with this controversial question, the Ministry of Eduction has chosen a compromise solution. It has decided that English language teaching for Saudis will begin from the fourth grade of primary school instead of the first grade.

It has allowed private schools to teach the language in the primary stage, **** Saudi Gazette **** quoted Saudi Education Minister Dr. Mohammad bin Ahmed al-Rasheed as saying. The ministry took this decision after some people argued that teaching English in primary schools from the first grade would be at the expense of Arabic language.