His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Northern Borders Region, patronized today the graduation ceremony of the thirteenth batch of students from the Saudi Mining Polytechnic, numbering 208 graduates, in the presence of a number of officials and leaders in the mining sector.
His Royal Highness the Governor of the Northern Borders Region congratulated the graduates on the occasion of their graduation, praising the academic and training level achieved by the Polytechnic, and wishing its personnel success and the continued achievement of successes.
He noted the support and attention the mining sector receives from the wise leadership - may God support it and the development and empowerment it is witnessing, alongside the support for the Saudi Mining Polytechnic, which has contributed to developing its training programs and qualifying national competencies.
His Highness witnessed the graduates' march, and a group photo was taken with the graduates of the thirteenth batch. He also listened to the graduates' speech, in which they expressed their pride in completing their training journey and the skills and knowledge they acquired that qualify them to contribute to the development of the mining sector.
He listened to the speech of the Senior Vice President of the Aluminum Sector at Ma'aden Company, Engineer Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, which addressed the company's efforts in supporting and qualifying national cadres and empowering them to work in the mining sector. He also listened to the speech of the Director General of the Saudi Mining Polytechnic, Abdullah bin Amer Al-Otaibi, which reviewed the Polytechnic's efforts in developing training and qualification programs and raising the efficiency of outcomes, contributing to the qualification of specialized national cadres in the mining sector.
During the ceremony, His Highness inaugurated the "Rawafid Al Ta'deen" (Mining Tributaries) platform, and viewed a visual presentation about the platform, which is considered the first specialized digital platform in the mining sector in the Kingdom. It aims to support digital transformation in the vocational training system by providing qualitative and intensive training programs that contribute to qualifying national cadres and raising their readiness to meet the needs of the mining sector and its rapidly accelerating technical requirements.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, His Highness honored ten of the outstanding graduates from the thirteenth batch, and he also received a commemorative gift on this occasion.