Textbooks... in the warehouses
The Ministry of Education has translated its preparations for the upcoming academic year into practical steps on the ground, with the first batches of new textbooks beginning to arrive at the Supply and Warehouses Department’s warehouses.
The Government Printing Press, under the Ministry of Information, has completed the delivery of the initial parts of the curricula for the eleventh and twelfth grades, while continuing to print several middle school curricula, with full delivery expected before September 1 next year.
In parallel with the batches of textbooks printed by the Government Printing Press, amounting to approximately two million school books, private printing houses have also begun delivering the books assigned to them in batches. Some of these presses have already handed over the initial parts of the curricula for several grades, particularly the developed curriculum for the tenth grade, with the remaining books to be delivered before the end of the current month. This is in preparation for the start of the academic year on September 6 for educational and administrative staff, and on September 13 for students.
The Supply and Warehouses Department has allocated approximately 20 “half-lorry” transport vehicles to distribute textbooks to schools across various areas of Kuwait, in addition to transporting school and office furniture to the five new schools in the areas of Al-Mutlaa and West Abdullah Al-Mubarak. This includes thousands of chairs, tables, and technical equipment needed for teachers’ rooms and school administrations.
In the context of preparations for the new academic year, Dr. Noura Al-Suwaihi, Acting Secretary-General of Kuwait University, requested that Hamad Al-Hamad, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at the Ministry of Education, nominate social specialists to supervise the field training of male and female students majoring in Social Work.
In a letter addressed to Al-Hamad, Al-Suwaihi stated that, in the framework of enhancing joint cooperation, the university hopes for approval to host Social Work students for training at the Ministry of Education, given the important role this plays in honing their professional skills and preparing them for the job market.
She requested that she be provided with the names of qualified social specialists to supervise the training, specifying that they must hold a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and possess at least seven years of experience in the field. She clarified that the training will take place during the first semester, from December 16 to 21 next year, for five hours a day on Mondays and Wednesdays of each week.
