About 1,815 teachers and 209 expatriate department heads, will be terminated at the end of the academic year, regardless of gender, according to the Education Ministry of Kuwait.
More teachers are to be laid off, the sources said, adding that education zones are “reviewing their actual need of teachers and those who are not needed to announce who will be let go before the end of May.”
These education zones are reportedly waiting for the end of the second school term at Kuwait University and Public Authority for Applied Education and Training to welcome new Kuwaiti teachers who graduate from education colleges.
The number of expatriate teachers who will be laid off will be determined, as per their numbers and specialties.
There is also another list of expat administrators, which includes 143 administrators employed on the reward system, who were told their services are no longer needed, according to a report by Kuwait Times.
Kuwait tightens driving license rules for expats
Recently, Kuwait also tightened driving license, inspection rules for expats.
The traffic department at the interior ministry is reportedly preparing new regulations for expatriates seeking driving licenses.
As per another report by Kuwait Times, the new conditions will aim to reduce traffic congestion on the streets, which traffic studies have attributed to the large number of expatriate motorists.
The regulations will be submitted to the interior minister for approval after the formation of the new government.
“The new conditions include increasing the minimum salary requirement for expatriates applying for a driving license. Moreover, only certain professions will be allowed to obtain a driving license,” sources told Kuwait Times, indicating these conditions aim to reduce traffic congestion on the streets, which traffic studies claim is due to the large number of expatriate motorists.
The report added that the traffic department will issue other decisions related to the technical inspection of vehicles.
“Other decisions will be issued by the traffic department related to the technical inspection of vehicles, which may prevent the registration of more than 20,000 vehicles over 15 years old. The traffic department has found many loopholes in how these vehicles obtain technical inspection approval,” the sources explained.
The participation of the Environment Public Authority in the examination of vehicles with the traffic department, if implemented comprehensively, can permanently remove such vehicles from use, the report said citing these sources, adding “otherwise, their owners will be subject to traffic fines and insurance will not be granted for them.”
Over 23,000 Kuwait expats deported in 2022
Last year, over 23,000 expats were deported by Kuwait, according to a report by the Kuwait-based Arabic daily newspaper Al-Qabas.
According to Al-Qabas, the expats were deported for their involvement in criminal cases and misdemeanours, with some expelled for the public interest.
Sources told the paper that around 10,000 women were among the deportees. Indian nationals ranked the highest, around 8,000 deportees, followed by Bengali nationals, around 5,000 deportees, followed by Sri Lankan nationals, with around 4,000 deportees. Egyptians came fourth with 3,500 deportees.
The majority of the 23,000 expelled from Kuwait, around 80 percent, were deported based on court ruling in felonies and misdemeanours, sources told Al-Qabas, with the remaining 20 percent administratively deported in the public interest by a decision of the Ministry of Interior.
Additionally, another 1,500 men and women are currently waiting in deportation prison, Al-Qabas said, noting that their deportation to their respective countries is only a matter of time.
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