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Coding and AI Education for Kids in Khobar

Khobar has an unusually high concentration of British and American international schools alongside national ones, and its families are used to setting ambitious academic expectations from an early age. Taqnihub Academy's live online lessons reach a child at home directly, with no need to cross the congested coastal road between Khobar, Dammam, and Dhahran in the evening, just a focused learning session in a small group.

Building a record for global university applications

Students in Khobar, particularly those at international schools, are often aiming at universities abroad as much as local ones, and those overseas institutions weigh a real personal project portfolio heavily alongside grades. A student with genuine coding and AI projects has something hard to substitute with a transcript alone.

Every level at the academy finishes with a real project a Khobar student can add to a personal portfolio when applying locally or internationally. Because these projects are dated and build up across years, a student can present an extended, credible record rather than a single effort put together over one summer.

For Khobar families seriously weighing study abroad, that kind of documented, ongoing work adds a distinct kind of value to an application, since it shows sustained practical interest rather than an intention written down once.

Growing up around a technical economy

Khobar sits within an economic region tightly linked to oil, gas, and the services around them, which puts computing and automation into everyday family life here more visibly than in many other cities. A child learning to code now is simply keeping pace with that surrounding reality rather than waiting for it to show up in the classroom later.

A child who starts early in Khobar steps into that future with genuine confidence, especially given how much technical work is already part of the social and professional environment around them. Someone who already understands basic programming logic finds any later computing content far easier to absorb.

This head start matters specifically for AI literacy too, since so many tools used in study and work today are built on it, and a child who understands the logic behind them uses them with more judgment than one meeting the idea for the first time at university.

Quality that isn't left to chance

The academy is led by Abdulrahman Masoud, a software engineer with more than seven years actually building technology products, so what a child learns is grounded in real practical work rather than a theoretical textbook. The habits taught reflect how problems actually get solved in software work.

The path spans five levels and 48 live lessons, from Scratch through to backend basics, with a genuine project closing out each level. Khobar students follow this exact sequence, so a family always knows precisely where a child stands and what comes next.

Finishing a level earns a certificate of completion that clearly documents progress, and because groups are capped at six students, an instructor can address a misunderstanding right away rather than let it turn into a larger gap further down the line.

Convenience for a Khobar family's evenings

The coastal road and Khobar's main streets get noticeably busy in the evening as families head out toward the corniche and restaurants, which makes fully online lessons a practical way to save that travel time altogether. A household near the corniche or in the northern districts no longer needs to weigh a coding class against a long drive to an activity center.

Groups stay small, capped at six students, and a parent receives an update after every project to follow their child's progress clearly without needing to sit through the lesson itself. That regular update is genuinely useful for Khobar households juggling work and several children's activities at once.

Because everything runs online, a Khobar family with children at different levels can schedule sessions back to back the same evening, and if the family travels to nearby Manama or elsewhere on a break, a child's progress does not have to pause as long as there is a stable connection.

What a child actually builds

In the first level, a child designs their own game in Scratch, then builds a personal web page in HTML, then moves on to writing real programs in Python. Each of these is something a Khobar student can show family the very same evening it's completed.

From there, the child takes on an AI-assisted project, then closes the path with a small backend project showing how an application actually works behind the screen. By the final level, a Khobar student understands a real slice of how modern software gets built.

These projects build into a genuine portfolio a Khobar student can bring to an international university application, a school technology showcase, or a first independent project outside the academy.

How a parent can judge real progress

After every project, a Khobar parent receives a clear update describing exactly what the child built and what it shows, so progress is never something to simply take on trust. The update points to an actual game, page, or program made that week, something a parent can open and review directly.

At the end of each level, the certificate of completion marks a clear milestone, and beside it sits a finished project the child can explain in their own words, covering what problem it solves and how the code works. That combination is far more convincing than a certificate alone.

Across a full year, a Khobar parent should see a child move from a simple visual game to writing real code, and finally to a small AI-assisted or backend project explained with genuine confidence, a body of work built steadily rather than rushed at the end.

Weekly lesson times

The weekend across the Gulf is Friday and Saturday, so weekend lessons run on those two days, alongside evening slots on school days from Sunday to Thursday.

The weekend in Khobar is Friday and Saturday, with evening slots also available on weekdays for families who prefer them. All times are shown in Khobar local time (AST, UTC+3) alongside Cairo time.

Weekly lesson times
DayLocal time AST (UTC+3)Cairo time
Sunday – Thursday17:00 · 19:00 · 20:3016:00 · 18:00 · 19:30
Friday11:00 · 17:00 · 19:0010:00 · 16:00 · 18:00
Saturday11:00 · 17:00 · 19:0010:00 · 16:00 · 18:00

Ramadan schedule

During Ramadan the schedule shifts to evening slots after Iftar, with the option of fewer weekly lessons for Khobar families who want a lighter pace during the holy month.

Pricing

The small-group monthly subscription is SAR 490 and covers four live lessons, project review, and a certificate at the end of each level, plus a regular update for the parent. A one-to-one track is also available at SAR 980 per month for full individual attention, and the first consultation is free with no card required.

Small group (4–6 students)

490 SAR

per month • 4 live lessons

One-to-one

980 SAR

per month • 4 live lessons

المقابلة الأولى مجانية بدون بطاقة بنكية.

The five-level path

Every level ends with a real project the child builds and a certificate of completion for their file.

  1. Level 01

    Little Maker

    Their first working game

    8 live lessons

  2. Level 02

    Builder

    Their own website, live online

    8 live lessons

  3. Level 03

    Engineer

    From blocks to real code

    10 live lessons

  4. Level 04

    Developer

    Builds AI apps and understands their limits

    10 live lessons

  5. Level 05

    Architect

    Ships a real product with real users

    12 live lessons

Frequently asked questions

Does this suit students at Khobar's many international schools?
Yes, regardless of whether a student attends a British, American, or national school, the coding and logical thinking skills gained are independent of curriculum and add real value for any Khobar student.
Do online lessons help avoid the coastal-road traffic in the evening?
Yes, since lessons are fully online, there is no need to travel along the coastal road or between Khobar and Dammam, and the child gets a focused learning session at home right after school.
Is one-to-one tutoring available in Khobar?
Yes, alongside the SAR 490 small-group monthly plan, a one-to-one track is available at SAR 980 per month for families who want full individual attention for their child.
How is scheduling handled during Ramadan in Khobar?
Timings shift to the evening after Iftar during Ramadan, with the option of fewer weekly lessons if the family prefers a lighter pace during the holy month.

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No card required. 45 minutes. Your child leaves with something they built.