Money ... grants and gifts
timss and pirls are among the best organizations for assessing and monitoring trends in student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading and all countries of the world share their assessments, especially for students in the fourth and eighth grades, or the fifth and ninth, and kuwait’s ranking is 77 out of 157 countries, according to the latest assessment, and it lags behind the gulf countries, and also lags behind countries that are less developed and poor.
“kuwait also ranked 103rd out of 140 countries in the quality of primary education, as well as 88th in overall quality of higher education and training, 99th in mathematics and science education, and 86th in school management, according to the world economic forum.
in the global competitiveness report 2015-2016, kuwait ranked 84th in terms of staff training, 81st in terms of internet connectivity in schools, and 112th in terms of specialized training services.
education expenditures in kuwait, as a percentage of gdp, reached 6.6% in 2020, the highest among the gcc countries, which spent an average of 4.8% on education, which is really sad, especially if we know that nearly 70% of the education budget in kuwait goes to cover administrative expenses, and only 30% goes to the educational process.
what the overwhelming and sane majority do not know is that without distinguished education, a country cannot flourish, or have good medicine, good roads, acceptable morals, a secured future, sufficient jobs, decent housing, an honest investment manager, a serious government, distinguished schools, and other vital and important things to build a free homeland and a healthy citizen in body and mind.
all of the aforementioned sad indicators are the result of a huge amount of government negligence over several decades, and yet this bad situation did not touch the conscience of any of the warriors of “negative phenomena”, or those who demanded the establishment of a college for alternative medicine, and among them are university professors who know well the extent of the decline in the level of education in the country, and yet they support backwardness of the nation to legislate absurd and unimportant laws and forget about the tragic education situation.
one of the deputies says that the reason for our decline in all indicators, and the continuation of political crises lies in the mismanagement of the government despite the availability of all the factors for success that can put us at the forefront.
however, this deputy and other officials know very well that these statements are for local consumption, and they also know that proper administration will hinder their interests, and will stop their constituents from resorting to them to clear their transactions, and it will become difficult to complete illegal transactions, or employ the undeserving, and they generally do not want sovereignty law and order, in general, as this is not in their favor.
it is unfortunate that the overwhelming majority of the nation does not care much about the lack of good roads, not care about the level of education and government administration, and is not disturbed by the lack of jobs, housing, security, and distinguished treatment, but rather only wants more cash benefits, increases in salaries, grants, and gifts, and the government is aware of that but meets their requests.
