KUWAIT CITY, Feb 20: The Ministry of Education intends to cancel 654 jobs for non-Kuwaitis in July as per the recommendation of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on the implementation of the Kuwaitization policy in government institutions, reports Al-Rai daily quoting sources.

Sources disclosed Director of the Jobs Regulation and Budget Department at the CSC Bader Al-Hamad has informed Ministry of Education Undersecretary Mariam Al-Wateed that the directive is based on the results of a study conducted by the commission earlier on the enforcement of CSC decision number 31/2007 or the Kuwaitization policy.

In his letter, Al-Hamad stressed the need for the Ministry of Education to coordinate with its finance counterpart, which is in charge of preparing the general budget of the State, to ensure the cancelled jobs are no longer included in the First Chapter (salaries) of the ministry’s budget for fiscal 2013/2014.