'Ministry of Education' presented 'Child Reads' initiative

The Ministry of Education presented its experience with the “Child Reads” initiative to representatives of Arab countries participating in the “Arab Reading Challenge” in Dubai, drawing widespread praise for its educational objectives and implementation mechanisms. Several countries expressed their desire to adopt the Kuwaiti model and benefit from its expertise. It was also decided to make the initiative’s stories available on the official website of the Arab Reading Challenge, ensuring accessibility for children across Arab countries.

In a statement, the ministry said the presentation of the initiative, launched under the directives of Minister of Education Eng. Syed Jalal Al-Tabatabai during the 2025/2026 academic year, came at the request of Mohammed Al-Qarqawi, Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, following the Arab Reading Challenge’s management’s review of the Kuwaiti experience and its educational goals, as well as its interest in enabling Arab countries to learn about its methodology and assess its applicability in their educational settings.

The ministry added that Abdullah Al-Barak, General Coordinator of the Arab Reading Challenge in Kuwait, delivered an introductory presentation outlining the initiative’s vision and objectives, which aim to instill a love of reading in children from early childhood stages by using storytelling as an educational tool to develop pre-reading skills, enhance linguistic proficiency, and strengthen expressive abilities, listening and comprehension skills, and imagination.