Hanan Al-Hamad, Saudi educator

Hanan Al-Hamad is a Saudi educator and quality and excellence management consultant. She is also a certified European Foundation for Quality Management trainer and model assessor, a certified Trainer of Trainers, and a certified KPI practitioner.
Al-Hamad has developed English language curricula and provided teaching strategy training for the Ministry of Education and has been a judge for some of the ministry’s excellence awards. She has also helped establish numerous international schools in the Kingdom in accordance with the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
Al-Hamad is also a popular public speaker and has conducted various workshops at institutions including the King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer and King Saud Medical City.
Al-Hamad holds a bachelor’s degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language from the College of Education at King Faisal University in Riyadh, and received her master’s degree in management and planning from the College of Social Sciences at Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh.
As Saudi Arabia prepares for the upcoming academic year amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Al-Hamad said the debate over whether children’s education or health should take top priority has not been solved at a global level.
“The family’s education and financial status, as well as the parents’ technical literacy, will have an impact on each student’s experience with remote education,” Al-Hamad said in a recent interview on Al Arabiya.
 “Moreover, not all parents have the freedom to devote their time to teach their children and follow up with them at home.”
She added: “I believe the educational experience should be flexible, and families should have the choice to send their children to school or not, while guaranteeing an equally efficient educational experience for both choices.”