NA Secretary General comments on pensions reports
Responding to news reports speculating that exceptional pensions were paid to some MPs, the National Assembly’s Secretary General Allam AlKandari stressed that this procedure is not new, and that it was not the first time that the government agreed to pay an exceptional pension to some lawmakers as per article 80 of the social security law. Kandari added that ever since the 1992 parliament, this pension has usually been paid at the beginning of each term to MPs who were not paid any pensions before they were elected, or to those who used to get paid less compared to their colleagues.
Two years after teaching French in intermediate schools, the Ministry of Education (MOE) decided to call off the experiment and transfer all French teachers from intermediate to secondary schools, said informed sources. The sources said that the experiment failed because of the fact that the idea was not duly studied prior to implementation, saying that the decision was hastily made. The sources said that studying the subject was optional and that learners only had to attend one class of French per week while the subject should have been a basic one so that all learners could benefit from it. “Even parents themselves were not aware enough,” the source added, noting that learning French was beyond the capabilities of an intermediate stage learner, particularly since they already study another foreign language; English, in addition to Arabic, in which they are already weak in general.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousif Al-Sabah, Al-Samiya Sports Club’s representative in Kuwait Football Association’s (KFA) presidency elections, is getting closer to winning the post by acclamation as no opponents registered to run the elections until yesterday morning. Candidate Fawaz Al-Hasawi reportedly withdrew from the elections, which are set for October 31, without providing a clear reason for his sudden decision. Hasawi had made a decision to run for the elections, but Al-Qadsiya Club officials rejected his candidacy, before he finally decided to withdraw, wishing AlYousif good luck.