MoE specifies working hours during the month of Ramadan

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KUWAIT CITY, March 5: Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education Anwar Al-Hamdan has specified the official working hours during the holy month of Ramadan based on the flexible working hours system, reports Al-Jarida daily. In a circular on the Ramadan working hours, Al-Hamdan announced that the working hours in the offices of the minister, undersecretary and public relations will be from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm; and from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm for the financial, legal, and administrative sectors.

She said the number of working hours from Sunday to Thursday during Ramadan will be four and a half hours per day, without prejudice to the provisions on the grace period for the employees — 15 minutes at the beginning of the work day for all employees and another 15 minutes before the end of the day for females.

She elaborated that working hours in the Financial Affairs Sector and its departments, the Legal Affairs Sector and its departments, and the Administrative Affairs Sector and its departments are from 9:00 am until 1:30 pm. She added the working hours in the private and special education sectors and their departments, the Information Systems Sector and its departments, the Educational Research and Curricula Sector and its departments, the Educational Development Sector and its departments, the Educational Facilities and Planning Sector and its departments, the Public Education Sector and its departments, and the Educational Districts General Department will be from 9:30 am until 2:00 pm.

She said the Ramadan working hours for the Office of the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research; Public Relations and Educational Media Department; National Commission for Education, Science and Culture; Supreme Council for Education, and Office of the Undersecretary are from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.

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