A young Saudi Arabian student is interested to join a boarding school in the United States after her parents reportedly failed to find a good and reputable school in the Kingdom. It was learned that Teflah Aldosary, 14, an Arabian student lacks the necessary Arabic skills but the country’s policies regarding plans for abroad education of residents from Saudi Arabia are also giving the girl a headache. The Saudi’s policies on Arabians planning to become international students must secure permission from the country’s education ministry by submitting a petition every year until given a go signal on such request.

For Teflah’s case, she was allowed by the Saudi’s Ministry of Education to enrol at an international school in Riyadh for three consecutive years. Unfortunately, for the fourth year the ministry has already declined to accept her petition. For the part of the education ministry it also said it can give permission to anybody but it can also decline if it wanted to.

Teflah is only fortunate her parents can afford to send her to private boarding school in the US to continue her studies. The Arabian-born student has limited Arabic skills because she grew up in the US until her age reach to 10 years old. This happened with her father enrolled at a university in Missouri.

When the family went back to Saudi Arabia, the girl’s parent allowed her to enrol at an international school in the country, more particularly in Riyadh. In her fourth year the ministry of education has already declined to accept her petition, prompting her parent’s decision to send her back to the United States to finish her education. The parent is planning to send her to girl private boarding school in the US. They believe it is safe to send their daughter to a boarding school rather than to a traditional school or any other boarding schools in Asia. Teflah’s mother said they’ll stay with friends who are American family during weekends and back to the boarding school on her daughter’s study days.