A key challenge for the education sector in Kuwait is rising cost pressures, with the issue being discussed in public arenas and the media. It is not just a matter of concern to the parents of the students involved, but to Kuwaiti businesses and the government as well. In part this is because the cost of education for children of non-Kuwaiti...
During the 2013/14 academic year, the government operated a total of 803 public schools, with a total enrolment of 360,845 pupils and a teaching staff of 60,902. As demand grows, reforms designed to underpin the sector’s role in the government’s economic diversification plan are being implemented in line with Kuwait Vision 2035, the country’s long-term development strategy. A greater focus on...
More than half a million students started the academic year on August 23 at some 1077 public school around Oman, with 5% more students enrolling than the previous year.
What initiatives are helping ensure that high school graduates have the skills to enter local universities and thus minimise the need for a preparatory year?
A central pillar of Saudi Arabia’s drive to become a knowledge-based economy over the last 10 years has been the King Abdullah Scholarship Programme (KASP). In the budget for 2015, the Ministry of Finance announced that SR22.5bn ($6bn) had been allocated for the year to fund 207,000 Saudi citizens living abroad, including the scholars and...
How would you characterise the relationship between the public and private universities, and to what extent can they complement each other?
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