585 private schools in Kuwait; 159 Arab schools – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

585 private schools in Kuwait; 159 Arab schools – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

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KUWAIT CITY, July 9: In its annual bulletin on education statistics for the year 2021/2022, the Central Statistical Bureau revealed that there are 585 private schools in Kuwait, 426 of which teach foreign curricula and has 255,140 students, with about 74,893 Kuwaitis and 180,247 non-Kuwaitis. On the other hand, there are only 159 Arab schools with about 94,150 students of whom 74,743 are non-Kuwaitis, reports Al-Rai daily. According to the bulletin, there are 448 mixed schools in the foreign system, and 38 in the Arab system. However, schools for people with special needs do not exceed ten schools in the two systems. The schools with the foreign system are distributed over the educational stages in the following manner – 109 kindergartens, 112 primary schools, 109 intermediate schools, 90 secondary schools and 6 schools for people with special needs.