QASSIM — The Qassim Education Department, represented by the Training and Scholarship Departments for Boys and Girls, has launched 70 virtual training programs as part of the summer professional development programs for educational employees for the year 1441H. The Departments of Training and Scholarships have approved 28 training programs for boys with a total number of hours exceeding 332 training hours provided by 15 trainers, and 42 training programs for girls with a total hours exceeding 320 training hours provided by 20 trainers, targeting 4,200 beneficiaries. The Director of the Training and Scholarships Department for Boys Muhammad Al-Rubaish indicated that summer professional development offers qualitative development programs, stressing that distance training comes in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. It also supports the technical trend in response to the requirements of the current situation in confronting the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to raise the level of professional development efficiency and sustainability among the educational employees of the region and update and improve their skills. — SPA