His Excellency the President of King Khalid University, Prof. Faleh bin Rajaa Al-Sulami, attended the signing of a cooperation agreement between the university and the Adlas Publishing and Printing Company. This agreement comes as part of the Deanship of Student Affairs and the University’s English Language Teaching Center efforts to provide printed and electronic educational products related to English language learning such as books and tests.

During the sining of the agreement the university was represented by the university vice president of Educational and Academic Affairs, Prof. Saad bin Dajam, while the on Adlas Printing and publishing Company was represented by the company general manager, Dr. Saleh Al-Shaya.

On his part the Dean of Student Affairs at the university, Dr. Ali Al-Qahtani, explained that the agreement extends for 3 years, and includes providing easy and accessible ways for university students to obtain learning products from direct sales points that the company will provide inside the university or on their online store. He pointed that the most prominent terms of the agreement include the implementation of tests determining English language proficiency for students, in addition to providing original English language books through an easy installment payment system.

The Director of the English Language Teaching Center at the university, Dr. Suad Al-Qahtani, stressed that the placement test available is the Cambridge English Placement Test to measure language proficiency in English language skills, presented by Cambridge University Press and Assessment. The test determines the level of English proficiency for those admitted to the university and accelerating the academic plans of advanced students.