Kuwait exerting all possible efforts to boost educational process – Minister
One team spirit in all executive sectors and future projects
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17, (KUNA): The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Hamad Al-Adwani called earlier on Monday for exerting all possible efforts to implement the vision pf the political leadership in developing education.
This comes at the top of the state’s priorities, as the Ministry should reset obvious and precise strategies and goals on that matter, Al-Adwani added following swearing his oath ceremonies as he is officially appointed in his post.
Coordination
The upcoming stage requires further cooperation and coordination between the educational institutions and all bodies and authorities in charge of education in our society, as everyone shares responsibility and play a separate role in the educational system, he affirmed.
He expressed his thanks and gratitude to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness Deputy Amir and the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad AlSabah for the precious trust their Highnesses put in him by assigning him to the Ministry.
Mission
The mission of the Ministry is represented in the one team spirit in all of its executive sectors and future projects, which is practiced in high efficiency, and non-traditional manner, and comes accordance with the notational priorities of achieving the vision of New Kuwait 2035, he added.
The work at the Ministry is carried out by the support of experts and specialists in the field, who offer an appropriate educational and academic environment to reach unpreceded fulfillments to boost the position of Kuwait locally and abroad under our wise political leadership, he said.
New teachers awaiting for approval
40 Education Ministry administrators to be forced into retirement on Dec 31
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: The Ministry of Education has informed 40 administrators working in the Ministry’s general office and educational districts that the date of their compulsory retirement will be on December 31, in compliance with the decision of the Council of Ministers regarding the retirement of occupants of supervisory positions who have reached 35 years of age, reports Al-Rai daily.
An educational source told the daily the administrators covered by retirement have served 34 years in supervisory positions, and they are part of the mandatory retirement statement approved for the last fiscal year, and the total covered by it is about 388 male and female employees of educational and administrative positions, pointing to the termination of teachers’ services in Last May, they are the largest group in the survey, with a number of 348 male and female teachers.
The source added that the administrative sector has not yet been informed of the jobs that will be frozen for expatriates during the current fiscal year in implementation of the replacement policy in force in the Civil Service Commission, although it is likely that it will not include educational jobs.
Pioneers
Regarding the arrival of the pioneers of new teachers from the outsourcing countries, he indicated that the ministry is waiting for approval from the CSC, which studies each case separately, and then grants the ministry the required approval to issue entry visas to them and set the date of their arrival, likely at the end of this month.
He ruled out that the ministry would be able to recruit Palestinian teachers during the first semester because of their large number and the procedures for appointing them, which would take a long time in the CSC.