MGRP provides 1,800 job opportunities for Kuwaiti youths in co-op societies
Manpower sector offers training courses for applicants
KUWAIT CITY, May 27: Manpower Affairs Sector at the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) has said the sector provided 1,800 job opportunities for Kuwaiti youth in the sector of cooperative society, reports Al-Rai daily
In a statement, Assistant Security General of Manpower Affairs Bandar Al-Rashid added the MGRP will organize training courses for applicants in their various specialties who have been selected to fill vacancies before they start their jobs; stressing employment priority is given to youth of the area’s shareholders.
He explained that applicants will be subjected to the certified cooperative society job preference standards entailing work experience, training courses, and marital status. He stated the registration conditions for jobs indicate that applicants should be a Kuwaiti above 18 years old.
He should possess a suitable academic certificate for the advertised job without enrolling in any educational institute or registered with Public Authority for Social Security.
Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has collected KD 1,241 million in fines from contractors of projects and their employees as well as supervision fees from 2013 to 2016, reports Al-Rai daily quoting informed sources.
They indicated that the authority is expected to collect KD 400,000 this year.
The sources said PAHW last year fined contractors of ongoing projects KD 300,000 for delays in execution of the contracts and also for breaching the terms of the contracts and the specified time schedule.
“They have no qualifications but they still want the top posts. It is doubtful that corruption and scandals will leave the education sector any time soon”, according to a special report published in Al-Shahed daily.
The report revealed that the latest corruption incident was witnessed by the Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, Science and Culture affiliated to UNESCO which had formed a committee of members under the chairmanship of Undersecretary of Ministry of Education Dr Haitham Al-Atari to choose its secretary-general.
About 13 citizens, some of who hold more than a master’s degree or had doctorate degree, had applied for the position. Surprisingly, the applicant who eventually got selected did not meet any of the declared conditions. He happens to work at Public Authority for Applied Teaching and Training (PAAET).
He was announced winner even before the committee verified his background and discovered the unbelievable. Not only he does not speak English, which was one among the requirements, he does not meet any other requirements for that top post.