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Kuwait: Privatization of education sector
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KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education is set to carry out a number of government-approved projects, including building 30 new state schools which will be privately run in coordination with local private schools, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and other bodies. This is apparently a first step towards the full privatization of the state education system. The MoE will begin the implementation of these and other government-approved projects after all the ministry departments reach agreement on the final budget for the 2010/2011 academic year, reported Al-Qabas. A group of specialists, including the MoE's Undersecretary for Planning and Information Dr. Khalid Al-Rashid and professors from Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, has been assigned to offer consultative services in helping to implement all the projects included in the ministry's work program, explained education ministry undersecretary Tamadher Al-Sdairawi.
Women's sports decisions
KUWAIT: Some MPs' infringement of citizens' civil liberties has taken on dangerous dimensions, according to a senior political figure, asserting that parliamentarians do not have the right to interfere in women's choices to practice sports. Khalid A-Fadhala, the Secretary General of the National Democratic Alliance, made the comments in response to some parliamentarians' negative statements about the Kuwaiti women's soccer team participating in the Arab women's soccer championship, reported Al-Jarida. Suc
h statements indicate an unwelcome attempt at interference in the lives and affairs of Kuwaiti citizens, he said, adding pointedly that it is time that Kuwait had a competitive women's sports movement as it had had in the past. MPs should know their limits and not interfere in Kuwaiti families' affairs regarding their daughters' decisions to participate in sports, Al-Fadhala stressed.
US medical delegation
KUWAIT: The director of a local health directorate has been accused of "kicking out" a visiting delegation of American gynecologists and obstetricians and denying them entry to the maternity hospital. The actions reportedly caused some embarrassment among administrators at the hospital, where the three medical experts had apparently been due to deliver a lecture, reported Al-Jarida. Dr. Abdullatif Al-Sahli, the director of the Sabah health directorate, rejected the allegations, however, protesting that the phrase "kick out" is not one found in the lexicon of senior health management or medics. The three specialists are understood to be part of a 25-strong delegation of American medical consultants in various fields currently visiting Kuwait at the invitation of the senior management at the Jaber Al-Ahmad Armed Forces Hospital, where some of their number have performed a number of operations. During their visit, they have also offered consultations to patients, as well as participating in the training of K
uwaiti doctors.
MEW maintenance program
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) is set to carry out an extensive maintenance program on local power substations, as well as on the electrical systems in local state hospitals and other public sector facilities. The program was announced by Assistant MEW Undersecretary for Distribution Networks Saleh Al-Mislem during a tour of the Amiri Hospital, where a maintenance program is currently underway. He was accompanied on his visit by the hospital's senior consultant Dr. Nadir Al-Awadhi and the supervisor of the Capital governorate's emergency services Mohammad Al-Sharhan, reported Al-Qabas. Al-Mislem also carried out a similar tour of the Farwaniya Hospital accompanied by its senior consultant Dr. Saud Al-Darah and the supervisor of the Farwaniya governorate's emergency services Saad Al-Rashidi. The senior MEW official's visits to the two hospitals are part of a program of such visits by the ministry intended to ensure that their electrical systems are working smoothly and will not be affected by power cuts, as they have been previously.
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