Q8 Bans Expat Administrators

[interested]

Please International Schools Review go to the Arab Times and correct the quote you have posted on the website.
First you need to correct the fact that the Minister of Education is a "he", when in fact the minister is a very educated "she". It really affects the credibility of the website when something so obviously incorrect is posted.

Thank you.

[miski]

This is posted from the Kuwait Times website July 1

''Kuwaitis to be appointed administrators in schools
Published Date: July 01, 2007

KUWAIT: After the ban was imposed in employing 95 expatriates in private schools, officials have put together a comprehensive program to make employment in private schools an attractive place for employing Kuwaitis as administrators during the coming period.
The program they said would qualify citizens to work as administrators or assistant teachers for all those who are proficient in the English language. The National Workers Percentage Administration Director Fayes Al- Enezi said that after the decision implemented by the Minister of Education Nooriya Sabeeh banning expatriates to work as administrators in private schools, the next step was to make use of local national staff to fill in the gap, through a program to employ Kuwaitis.
He added that the total number of Kuwaitis employed as administrators in the private, foreign and Arabic schools reached 410 employees, while expatriates accounted for 1,617. He also said that after the completion of the program, the number of Kuwaitis would be doubled. He stated that Kuwaiti teachers employed in private schools accounted for 140 while expatriate teachers accounted for 10,793. Official sources also expect that within a few years all administrators employed in private schools would be Kuwaitis.'

I think the 'he' the ISR are talking about might be referring to Mr Al Enezi and not the Minister of Education ?

[interested]

Thank you for posting the quoted from the Arab Times, which I have already read. ISR still needs to correct the warning they have posted which is what my initial posting was referring to.

[jeffofarabia]

the fact that he is a she doesn't affect the article at all. the fact that kuwait isn't banning foreign administrators is a bigger issue (that is where the isr needs to clarify its warning). kuwaiti schools will always have foreign workers, teachers and administrators, but the government is trying to get more kuwaitis into the school system.

this is happening in all levels of society, and in many different spheres of the economy. (for instance all of the taxi drivers at the kuwaiti airport are now kuwaitis, who barely speak english, instead of the other 99 percent of taxi drivers in kuwait who speak really good english and know where to go.) however, there will always be foreigners in the system, since someone has to do the work. (plus there will always have to be a foreigner nearby to pick up the trash.)

[miski]

Interested - Iread the ISR post and I still think they are talking about the 'he' Al Enezi. Are you sure ?

This is what the ISR has printed :

''Minister of Education, Nooriya Sabeeh, bans expatriates from serving as administrators in Kuwait private schools
Kuwaitis to be appointed administrators in schools

Published Date: July 01, 2007 Arab Times
KUWAIT: After the ban was imposed in employing 95 expatriates in private schools, officials have put together a comprehensive program to make employment in private schools an attractive place for employing Kuwaitis as administrators during the coming period.

The program they said would qualify citizens to work as administrators or assistant teachers for all those who are proficient in the English language. The National Workers Percentage Administration Director Fayes Al- Enezi said that after the decision implemented by the Minister of Education Nooriya Sabeeh banning expatriates to work as administrators in private schools, the next step was to make use of local national staff to fill in the gap, through a program to employ Kuwaitis.

He added that the total number of Kuwaitis employed as administrators in the private, foreign and Arabic schools reached 410 employees, while expatriates accounted for 1,617. He also said that after the completion of the program, the number of Kuwaitis would be doubled. He stated that Kuwaiti teachers employed in private schools accounted for 140 while expatriate teachers accounted for 10,793. Official sources also expect that within a few years all administrators employed in private schools would be Kuwaitis.''

And the HE in paragraph 2 is about what Fares Al Enezi said , not what Nooriya Sebeih said.


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[interested]

The key words in the article is "Kuwaiti" and "work". If you know anything about many of the nationals, they aspire to positions of responsibility and surround themselves with those who know the system (expats). Have no fear, there will always be a need for Western Administrators in Kuwait.