Saudi Arabia Closes Controversial Private School in Vienna

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: February 27, 2019; 09:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

Saudi Arabia closes the controversial Saudi School Vienna in Vienna's Landstrasse district. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Vienna sees "better" opportunities for integration into the local community by visiting other schools in Vienna.

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that the Saudi School Vienna in the district Landstraße will be closed at the end of the school year. / Picture: © Saudi Arabic and Austrian crossed flags by Vindobona.org

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced by press release that the Saudi School Vienna in the district Landstraße will be closed at the end of the school year on 30 June 2019.

The Education Directorate of Vienna (former Wiener Stadtschulrat) had closed the school in 2015, because the textbooks used there had found partial violations of the basic values of the…