Abstract

This study aimed to foresee the future of public education in Tabuk region by predicting the number of schools for boys and girls, the number of students for boys and girls, the number of male and female teachers, and the number of administrators based on the available statistical data for a previous period of time from 1430 AH to 1442 AH. The Bucks and Jenkins model was applied to the time series for the next ten years. The study found that there are increasing changes and at different rates in the number of schools, teachers, students, and administrators. One of the findings of the study was that it is expected that there will be a continuous increase in the number of schools, students, teachers and administrators. One of the most important recommendations suggested by the study was the necessity to design advanced education systems and programs that aim to accommodate the increasing and growing numbers in the numbers of male and female students, the need to plan for the future to benefit from privatization in a way that contributes to raising the quality level in education while reducing expenditures.