Preparation of plan to study quality of drinking water in schools completed
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KUWAIT CITY, April 15: Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Installation and Planning Affairs at Ministry of Education Dr Khalid Al-Rashid announced the completion of preparation of a plan to study the quality of drinking water in all public schools using morphological and chemical tests with the cooperation of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), reports Al-Rai daily.
Al-Rashid indicated that the plan is in its last phase and it will be applied immediately after the final approval is obtained. Meanwhile, Director General for Technical Affairs at Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Mohammad Al-Enezi stressed the need to clean the water cooler and change the filters and internal systems periodically for ensuring clean drinking water is provided in all schools and educational institutions.
He said a team from EPA visited four schools in Mubarak Al-Kabeer to check the water quality and they found all filters of the water coolers are clean and all the tanks were changed during the semester holidays. Also, Dr Khalid Al-Rashid revealed the intention of the ministry to build additional stories in some governmental schools to tackle the issue related to student density in the three educational levels.
However, Kuwait Municipality dismissed the educational proposal, declaring that the level permitted for buildings within private residential areas is only three floors — ground, first and second fl oors. In a letter he forwarded to Undersecretary of Ministry of Education Dr Haitham Al-Atari, Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi indicated that the number of Kuwaiti residents in investment residential areas is very few compared to the spaces allocated for governmental schools in those areas. He said the number of stories is allowed to be increased in public schools that are located in the investment residential areas.
Meanwhile, Dean of the College of Arts at Kuwait University Prof. Suad Abdulwahab affirmed that the current building of the college is facilitating the needs of the students until the college moves to its new location in Shaddadiya, reports Al-Anba daily. She indicated that pace of work in the new location is fast, and that some parts of the building have been completed in the new image.
In an interview, Prof Abdulwahab said the college has and continues to strive towards developing its future plans and projects in accordance with a well-studied strategy and plan. She revealed that the college has developed its higher education program in the doctorate field, and has accomplished the development of the doctorate program in history, adding that registration will kick off in December this year. However, she stressed that the pursuit for development is not limited to that, as the college has developed a master’s program in translation for its English department and it will soon come into effect, along with a doctorate program in the Arabic language.
Prof Abdulwahab explained that the development schemes, which have been achieved, include the updated version of the graduation transcript for some departments in the college such as the French department, and the majors and new subjects in French, given that the department has about 300 students.
Regarding the recent negative statements concerning the scholarship program in the college in terms of the involvement of wasta, favoritism and nepotism, Prof Abdulwahab denounced these statements and described them as untrue. It is worth mentioning that 630 students graduated from various departments in the college last year. This indicates the ability of the college to facilitate for their needs. There are currently 3,800 students of both genders enrolled in the college.
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