Dr.Hamda Hassan Alsulaiti, Director, Evaluation Institute of SEC have a long column in Raya arabic newspaper saying basically that there should be no worry about cost hikes as it requires her office approval anyways. She also stated that the schools approved for the new voucher system will be ready to accept the new students next academic year, and she also expected that the number of approved schools will increase.

She failed however to recognize that there is no capacity in any of those schools, and making them approved does not address the issue. She need to attract more schools in order to create an effective competition on quality and cost. Without such competition, I do not see a reason for any of the currently overfilled schools to perform better.