Corona spike
He had asked Ministry of Health to provide CSC with the ministry’s plan to resume work based on the following requirements:
1. Determine the departments that are required to resume work based on the priorities and need to work for the ministry.
2. Present a statement outlining services provided to citizens and residents, and an explanation of the way visitors will be dealt with - either through reception halls or any other procedures.
3. Provide the ministry’s vision concerning the number of employees required for carrying out work, which must commensurate with the services provided to citizens and residents.
‘MoE wasted millions on e-learning’
Chairman of Kuwait Society for Quality Education Bader Al-Bahr disclosed that there is no room for delay in the provision of quality distance education platforms any longer after the Minister of Health stated on May 10 that the end of crisis will most likely be the beginning of next year, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Bader Al-Bahr confirmed that next August, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers to restart school, is not guaranteed unless all preparations and capabilities are harnessed to launch the distance education platforms and train teachers to ensure their readiness. He indicated that failure to equip the “distance education” platforms with high quality materials while the epidemic continues points to catastrophic solutions, which can lead to the failure of education for this current year and the next.
He said the Council of Ministers should take full responsibility for the decision binding on the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, including Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) to start immediately, and equip the platforms from now onward.
He stressed on adhering to the highest quality standards to ensure that final exams are conducted inside classrooms, especially at Kuwait University and PAAET, to avoid a situation whereby e-learning will be like a bridge for crossing to failure in the next academic year due to the possibility of students becoming successful without learning and the professors failing to deliver the curricula properly, and the whole process succumbing to series of corruption to trample the ministry for many years.
PAM runs checks on 400 files
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) said the teams tasked with the teams concerned with the labor protection sector have examined 400 files of those suspected of trading in visas, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The daily added, these files were discovered after the Ministry of Interior issued amnesty for residence law violators to leave the country without paying fines during April.
The daily said the suspects include a teacher of the Arabic language working for the Ministry of Education and is believed to be a middleman who worked for the visa trader. He allegedly received 2,000 dinars for his role to bring Egyptian workers to Kuwait.
He also allegedly provided housing for the workers for a few days after they arrived into Kuwait.
‘Investigation’ back to Residence
The General Administration of Immigration Investigation Department has been transferred to the Residence Affairs Sector based on a decision issued by the Council
of Ministers, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily added, the Immigration Investigation Department was transferred to the Criminal Security Sector in February 2018 and has now been transferred back to its original place.