Kuwait launches central college admission portal

Kuwait launches central college admission portal

KUWAIT: Kuwait has launched the first stage of a central college admission portal in a bid to revamp online services and overhaul information and educational infrastructure, the education minister announced. The move is part of an integrated program of applications that would contribute to applying a digital registration system involving a central admission portal for higher education institutions, Dr Hamad Al-Adwani said in a press statement. Kuwait University, internal and external scholarships and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) will be included in the portal, allowing pre-university students to make online applications for higher education facilities, he said.

The central admission portal comes in the context of the government’s endeavor to draw upon advanced technology and achieve digital transformation, thus reflecting the state’s development vision, he added. “The automated system regulates procedures for submitting applications for seats while ensuring there is no overlap and conflict between applications,” Adwani said. It also verifies that the conditions of admission approved by each entity are met and enables those accepted to complete all their registration procedures at the educational institution in which they were accepted.

“Seats are distributed accurately and quickly through electronic linkage and coordination between higher education institutions and the