The Directorate General of Special Education ( DGSE ) is a division of Ministry of Education , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Its role is the general overall planning and supervision of special education programs for children with special needs in the Kingdom i.e. gifted, disabled ... etc . This includes : discovering those children, planning the suitable services and providing educational services in the least restrictive environment for those children . The number of students serviced by DGSE cross the country has increased to 57165 students distributed in 2577 programs in the school year 2006 .

In addition to the educational services, DGSE provides all education tools free of charge such as textbooks, visual and hearing aids, teaching aids, students transportation daily. In addition, each student is given a monthly allowance depending on his education stage. The teachers in these programs are given an extra allowance over their salary ranging between 20% and 30% depending on whether they are special education teachers or subject matter teachers .