‘UNESCO statistics can be misleading’ – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

‘UNESCO statistics can be misleading’ – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

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KUWAIT CITY, March 25: The annual statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) show that there were 221,820 children of school age in Kuwait who did not enroll in schools during 2023, including 60,790 children of primary school age, 81,180 middle school boys, and 79,850 students of secondary school age, reports Al-Rai daily. An educational source told the daily the numbers mentioned in the statistic include Kuwaiti and expatriate children.

The source described the statistics as “frightening and offensive at the same time, as the number of students deprived of education did not exceed 12,000 in 2008,” stressing the need to enact legislative laws that oblige expatriates to teach their children. The source pointed out that the ministry’s justifications are represented by “the presence of a large number of children of some communities, estimated in thousands, studying in the (home education) system, and then taking the exams in their home countries, in addition to the fact that some foreign residents send their children to study in their countries of origin, while the children’s residence permit remains valid.”