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Lulwa Al-Qatami, in Arabic: لولوة القطامي (born 1933/34 [1]) is an activist and educator, who was the first woman from Kuwait to attend university abroad. A former director of Kuwait University and UNESCO ambassador, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 and in 2019 was awarded the Legion of Honour for her services to education and women's empowerment.
Most schools in Kuwait are public schools which educate in the Arabic language. There are, however, a few schools which run under Indian Central Board of Secondary Education , British , American and French systems, or a combination of languages.
In 2014, Kuwait was ranked 113 of 142 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report, [39] [40] the country improved its ranking due to significant increases in the overall income indicator. In 2015, Kuwait was ranked 117 of 145 globally in the Global Gender Index. [41] In 2020, Kuwait was ranked 122 of 153 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report.
In 1921, the Al-Ahmedia school was established, which offered English courses, and soon thereafter, an all-girls school was founded that provided education in Arabic, home economics and Islamic Studies. The government became involved in providing formal education in 1936, and by 1945 there were 17 schools in Kuwait.
Technical secondary schools are organized around industrial, commercial or agricultural themes. Both technical and general schooling are conduits to tertiary education. Coeducation in Kuwait was a contentious issue since the Islamists gained slight power in parliament in 1996. [1]
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The school was closed for the 1990 to 1991 school term, due to the events of the invasion of Kuwait. The school reopened in the fall of 1991. Over the summer of 1994, both ASK campuses, the Surra and Salwa campuses, moved to a new campus located in the Hawalli area. This reunited the elementary, middle, and high school students in one campus ...