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Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Minister of Education Dr. Ali Al-Mudhaf pledged USD 30 million to the Global Education Initiative.The grant is part of Kuwait’s commitment to improve education around t…

— Kuwait Education Minister Dr. Ali Al-Mudhaf — Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the Global Education Summit — met on Thursday with the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Dr. Al-Mudhaf, who is expe…

All sectors of the Ministry of Education confirmed their readiness to start the school year next September through a wide range of procedures on receiving students despite current conditions and the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.The Ministry’s statemen…

— Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) announced Sunday that it has earned a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an innovative technology which works on desalination and air conditioning simultaneously.A statement …

— A 5.4-magnitude earthquake, occurring in southwest of Iran, was felt in Kuwait, said Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN) on Sunday.Dr. Abdullah Al-Enizi, an official at the KNSN, said that the quake happened at 5:34 pm local-time in Kuwait on a d…

Kuwait University declared on Monday that the national satellite project constitutes start of a sustainable space sector in the country.The long-term venture is aimed at training students on innovation in the space, the university said in a statement.I…

Kuwait’s Ministry of Health on Sunday said that 1,654 people were infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total infected cases to 363,672.Some 1,788 people recovered from the disease in the same period, push…

– Dr. Zeinab Al-Me’raj, Assistant Professor at Information Science Department at College of Life Sciences, affiliated to Kuwait University (KU), gained membership of the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict)…

– Minister of Oil and Minister of Higher Education Dr Mohammad Al-Faris chaired a meeting of the Private Universities Council on Sunday.The council plays a big role in boosting sustainable development in the country, as well as supporting creative yout…

The Ministry of Education stressed the need for Grade 12 students to adhere to the specified hours in a schedule prepared in advance for the PCR swab tests in all educational areas, which helps in avoiding any crowding in schools.The schedule aims at …

The Ministry of Education confirms that the safety and health of students comes as a priority as they prepare for the end of the 2020/21 year end exams, stressing that as medical precautionary measures are taken through the PCR COVID-19 swipe-testing …

– Minister of Higher Education Dr. Mohammad Al-Fares on Sunday affirmed necessity of equipping academic studies’ graduates with curricula that enable them meet requirements of the domestic work market.The minister, also the minister of oil, who was add…

Kuwait University is holding talks via video link this week in which international and local experts will examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the education system, as global demand for online learning continues to rocket.The talks on May…

Kuwait chaired on Tuesday a UNSCO experts meeting on negotiating a draft text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI).Kuwait’s delegate to the UNESCO Dr. Adam Al-Mulla moderated today’s virtual session of the UNESCO intergov…

Minister of Oil and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Mohammad Al-Fares said on Monday that the plan of resuming study at universities includes the blended learning, which means both online and regular education.In a press statement, the minister said t…

Minister of Education Dr. Ali Al-Mudhaf, on Thursday, affirmed the resumption of study at schools next September through a well-studied plan for the safety of students in all grades. Regular study at schools was suspended for more than one year across …