[Kuwait] 1,800 expat teachers await a decision on their future

In Kuwait around 1,800 expatriate teachers are awaiting a decision about their futures in the wake of the Ministry of Education’s intention to cut down the number of expatriate teachers in some disciplines for which Kuwaiti teachers are available, Arab Times reports.

The subjects with teaching roles under threat include Islamic education, social studies, computers, art education and music, according to reporting from Al-Rai daily. Educational sources told the publication that the Public Education Sector in the ministry has provided the Administrative Sector with a list of the names of at-risk teachers to take the necessary measures.

A meeting with the two sectors will reportedly be held to develop a mechanism to terminate the services of this large number of members of educational staff and to set dates for informing them of the decisions reached and for signing the termination letters. The sources denied that the termination of the teachers’ services was based on instructions from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

They said, “About three years ago, they were included in the replacement policy, because the ministry is committed to the specified percentage of male and female teachers, as the percentage of Kuwaitis exceeds 72 per cent, and the percentage of expatriates is less than 27 per cent.” 

The sources reportedly told Al-Rai that the teachers’ services would be terminated in August due to their entitlement to summer holiday salaries and would take the educational stage and end dates of the academic year into consideration.

They said the approach is based on the instructions of Dr Hamad Al-Adwani - the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research - around ending the services of expatriate teachers if nationalised teachers are available. 

The Ministry of Education reportedly continues to receive applications from new teachers (local contracts), according to the official website of the ministry.

Source: Arab Times

(Quotes via original reporting)

In Kuwait around 1,800 expatriate teachers are awaiting a decision about their futures in the wake of the Ministry of Education’s intention to cut down the number of expatriate teachers in some disciplines for which Kuwaiti teachers are available, Arab Times reports.

The subjects with teaching roles under threat include Islamic education, social studies, computers, art education and music, according to reporting from Al-Rai daily. Educational sources told the publication that the Public Education Sector in the ministry has provided the Administrative Sector with a list of the names of at-risk teachers to take the necessary measures.

A meeting with the two sectors will reportedly be held to develop a mechanism to terminate the services of this large number of members of educational staff and to set dates for informing them of the decisions reached and for signing the termination letters. The sources denied that the termination of the teachers’ services was based on instructions from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

They said, “About three years ago, they were included in the replacement policy, because the ministry is committed to the specified percentage of male and female teachers, as the percentage of Kuwaitis exceeds 72 per cent, and the percentage of expatriates is less than 27 per cent.” 

The sources reportedly told Al-Rai that the teachers’ services would be terminated in August due to their entitlement to summer holiday salaries and would take the educational stage and end dates of the academic year into consideration.

They said the approach is based on the instructions of Dr Hamad Al-Adwani - the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research - around ending the services of expatriate teachers if nationalised teachers are available. 

The Ministry of Education reportedly continues to receive applications from new teachers (local contracts), according to the official website of the ministry.

Source: Arab Times

(Quotes via original reporting)