“One of the KSA’s key challenges is to ensure that its education system is geared toward supporting the growing private sector as a means of aiding diversification and reducing reliance on state-run industries,” the report states.“The scenarios demonstrate that ensuring that highly qualified Saudi workers with relevant skill sets are available in an innovative economy is crucial to the country, in reducing national unemployment and the economy’s current reliance on foreign labour."Saudi Arabia, like the rest of the Gulf, is heavily reliant on foreign workers - around 33% of the population is made up of expatriates - and has had mixed results with schemes the government has introduced to try and encourange Saudi nationals into the workforce. Unemployment among Saudis currently stands at around 11%.