Established in 2007, the HIPF has graduated more than 1,000 young men, about 70 percent of whom are still employed in the private sector. Ghefaili says he is satisfied "to some extent" with that ...

HIPF will provide a two-year vocational training programme (an average of two training semesters per year) to 300 high school graduates in each training semester during the term of the agreement ...

The HIPF plastics institute is among the most advanced of about 240 schools run by the government's Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC).

The HIPF and similar institutes are a focus of the effort to transform Saudi Arabia’s labour force, ending decades of over-reliance on oil exports to strengthen the Gulf kingdom’s industrial base.