UN report: 221,820 ‘kids’ in Kuwait not enrolled in school – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

UN report: 221,820 ‘kids’ in Kuwait not enrolled in school – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

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KUWAIT CITY, March 29: According to the annual statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 221,820 children of school age in Kuwait did not enroll in schools in the year 2023. They include 60,790 children of primary school age, 81,180 of intermediate school age, and 79,850 of secondary school age, reports Al-Rai daily. Educational sources revealed that these children mentioned in the statistics include both Kuwaiti and expatriate children.

They described the statistics as “frightening and offensive, as the number of students deprived of education did not exceed 12,000 in 2008”. The sources stressed the need to enact laws that oblige expatriates to send their children to school. They explained that the ministry’s justifications are represented by the presence of a large number of children of some communities, estimated at thousands, who are being home-schooled on curricula that are applied in their countries.