‘Set up private schools for Arab, other expats children’

Bid to end monopoly

KUWAIT CITY, July 23: A number of expatriates of different nationalities urged the Kuwaiti government to allow the establishment of private schools for children of Arab and other expatriate communities and put an end to the monopoly in this field especially with the hike in the fees of private schools, reports AlSeyassah daily.

They lamented that the expatriate children know very little about the history of their homelands and educating them in special private schools with the curricula of their homelands will reduce the financial burden imposed on them by the current private schools.

The Head of Expatriate Laborers Office at Kuwait Labor Union Association Abdulrahman Al-Ghanim stressed the need for establishing private schools for Arab and foreign communities in Kuwait, as the current private schools take advantage of the expatriates’ need and increase the fees of the students without considering the fact that the salaries of the expatriates are not increased.

He explained that the step is easy and will not add to the financial burdens of the Kuwaiti government.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Board of Directors of American School of Kuwait Mubarak Al-Mutawa said such a proposal for establishing schools for Arab communities was implemented in the past but it failed because it violated Article 48 of the Kuwaiti Constitution and was against the sovereignty of the country.

He indicated that the American School he established in Kuwait applies the international system and its curricula, which was alike the American curricula, have been modified.