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The education system in Kuwait has celebrated numerous achievements on a global scale; in the year ending 2006, thirteen percent of all public expenditure was given to education, comparable to many OECD countries. As a percentage of GDP, at 15 percent, Kuwait is currently above the OECD average. Kuwait has the highest literacy rate in the Arab ...
Important political issues in the Kuwait include rights for immigrant workers, stateless people, and education reform. Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. [1] [2] The Bedoon issue in Kuwait is largely sectarian. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Kuwait has an extensive education system. The compulsory primary education program follows kindergarten at age 4. Primary school that begins at age six takes 6 years and preparatory school another 3. During this introductory phase pupils may enrol at state, religious or private schools by choice.
Moreover, while the gender gap in compulsory education in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is not very high, Qatar suffers a gender gap of 20 per cent in students enrollment in basic education. [ 24 ] Problems of education quality in the MENA region
Kuwait's emir issued a long-awaited amnesty decree, pardoning and reducing the sentences of nearly three dozen Kuwaiti dissidents in a move aimed at defusing a major government standoff. The royal ...
The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للتعليم التطبيقي والتدريب) is an academic institute in Kuwait. [1] It is considered one of the largest institutes offering associate degrees in the Middle East in terms of the number of enrolled students.
The Bedoon or Bidoon (Arabic: بدون جنسية, romanized: Bidūn jinsiya, lit. 'without nationality'), fully Bidoon jinsiya, are stateless people in several Middle Eastern countries, [1] but particularly in Kuwait, where there is a large population of stateless people who lack access to many of the country's basic services.
The Youth Association of Kuwait (Arabic: رابطة الشباب الكويتي) is the mainstream leftist youth organization in Kuwait which was founded in 2006 under the name National Democratic Youth Association. [1] It aims to build a new generation of Kuwaitis that are interested in community service and help youth achieve their goals.