Student Health Maintenance Is Priority During Pandemic - Minister

  • 02/12/2020

Kuwait City : On Wednesday, Minister Saud Al-Harbi said that maintaining the health and safety of pupils and teaching staff during the Covid-19 pandemic is the main challenge for the Ministry of Education. He added that "Among our priorities is also continuing to provide the right to education and preserving the structure of the educational system." Some 1243 video lessons were prepared and 457222 online accounts for learners and 73721  for teachers were  prepared with the start of the new school year. He also stated that most schools and departments have been linked to the Ministry of Education through an online network. Also added that the number of students sent to pursue their academic learning abroad in 2020-21 has increased by 44 percent compared to previous year , while the student applications for medical studies rose by 12 percent.

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