University students speak of issues faced at Kuwait educational field

University students speak of issues faced at Kuwait educational field

By Faten Omar

KUWAIT: The parliamentary education, culture and guidance committee discussed the strategies for boosting Kuwait University’s ranking to improve the quality of educational output. The administration of the university presented seven initiatives for improvement, such as increasing the number of foreign students, evaluating the achievements of faculty members, unifying data for annual reports and upgrading the automated system.

Kuwait Times spoke with students of several universities to learn about the problems they face in the educational field in Kuwait. Yousef Ahmed, 22, is studying IT. “The university lacks labs and hands-on experience. As IT programmers, we do not have the experience to work in the field, as most studies are theoretical. If we want to practice, they tell us to practice at home. There are no projects to get experience in the work market. Even exams and projects are only on paper,” he complained.

“If we make a comparison with other universities, my friends in Jordan and Malaysia who are studying the same major as mine are always working on hardware and software projects for each subject. Students in Kuwait need hands-on projects to gain experience and skills,” he added.

Haya Al-Ali, 22, said: “My university is the only one that graduates