Puzzled parents
The recent ad about the opening and registration to join the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts (HIODA) in Kuwait’s newspapers left many parents puzzled as it didn’t contain a lot of information regarding the enrollment. The ad did not mention the GPA required for the enrollment process without which students cannot join the cultural facility. According to the academic law, when the GPA eligibility is not mentioned, it gives every student the right to join the institute where they have low or high GPA as the ad cancels the requirement of GPA as a condition, which is a basic in any prestigious university or academy.
The ad only mentioned the requirement of an original copy of the educational qualifications (General Secondary/credits) or equivalent for admission. The question is does the institute have a department for certificates equivalency? And is the institute authorized to approve secondary certificates or other universities?
The specified requirements for admission were: for Kuwaitis, the applicant must be 18 years and not older than 22, and is allowed to waive two years in case the applicant showed outstanding tests’ results and for employed Kuwaitis in the government and private sectors, no age limit was mentioned which means if an employee brings a permission letter and passes the admission test, he or she can join HIODA.
Your Excellency the Education Minister, I am writing to on behalf of all the parents asking if it is realistic to mix youngsters aged between 18 and 24 with people above 35 years. I, as a guardian and educator fear that mixing children with people from different age groups and attitude may not be a good idea.
I also hope that admission conditions for expat students, from some friendly Arab countries that do not have scholarship or cannot issue a paper from their embassies be waived due to the unstable situation in the Arab world. Kuwait is the country of benevolence, and let’s continue to keep it as a beacon for humanity, just like our leader HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad.