To the Minister of Health, with regards … Dr. Basil, your education decision is a killer

No one can carefully argue with health care managers, especially those in the front row of doctors and their assistants, about their dedication and concern for the health of all citizens and residents in the land of Kuwait. The Emir of the country “who God protect him and protect him “in his last visit he praised the officials of this sector from Minister A to all employees, and they really deserve to be praised.

But we all know that this dreaded epidemic could live among us for a time that only God knows its extent, so the government has been working to restore the economic and social aspects of life, so the markets have filled with visitors, restaurants and cafes were crowded with customers, sports clubs and even children’s pools welcomed their visitors, and the airport’s opening hours were finally announced to travelers. Back from the country … only the education sector and children’s schools have remained closed, and our children and teachers are communicating remotely according to a system and platforms that do not meet the minimum requirements for quality education, especially in public schools … and the previous school year ended with a collective hit party and astronomical study rates that don’t reflect reality or skills. Real students … and all will suffer from these illusory results for many years .. Therefore, the Ministry of Education has kindly proceeded to announce the adoption of paper exams, especially for high school students, with the continuation of the training at a distance to ensure a certain seriousness and real results for these students .. But we were surprised by the decision of the Ministry of Health and its book to reject it. Modalities and opposition to the management of the Ministry of Education in order to provide the vaccine, which by its nature will be optional and not mandatory for everyone.

Here, I recall that we in Kuwait have suffered from severe crises that disrupted the course of education for a period, the most serious of which was the brutal Iraqi invasion in 1990, then the swine flu pandemic in 2009, and both. the crises the decision of the Ministry of Education was decisive to continue studying according to the plans known as the year of integration in the first .. and with the method of gradual education for the educational phases In the second .. And in the two crisis, the educational process continued even if marked by some shortcomings .. And the cooperation of the Ministry of Health with education in 2009 managed to overcome the crisis in safety.

Mr. Dr. Basil … I am one of the first to commend your efforts in crisis management, but now allow me and your honorable colleague, the Minister of Education, to refer to the consequences of your decision, which will affect the march of an entire generation, and what graduates will suffer from a great waste of their academic achievement, which could lead to the failure of many.Some of them are in their higher education stages and many of them will be exposed to failure to recognize their diplomas from numerous foreign universities. I would also like to refer to the long queues for registration in the evening system due to the ease of success and the unfairness of the real assessment they have learned, a situation that Ministry of Education officials know now. Your decision will also prevent private schools prepared to receive their students under the “integrated education system” from benefiting from this system applied by most countries of the world and by the Gulf states closest to us. It is now also applied by European countries and is a state of total ban on all activities except the education sector. Here is France And England, Ireland, Germany and others open their schools with the implementation of the required health conditions. Where the Irish Prime Minister said: “We cannot make the future of our children and ours young people another victim of this epidemic “. As Mrs Merkel, the German Prime Minister, is right. “Disrupting education has disastrous social consequences, especially the increase in violence among young people.”

Dr. Bassel: The responsibility is great, God help you bear it, but education has confidentiality and priority over all of the above and cannot be ignored. If faith weakens, we verify the serious achievement of high school students by taking the attendance exams in their schools and following all the health requirements you see, which have been approved by the United Nations and the World Bank “Education in the Time” document. of the Covid-19 Pandemic “in August 2020 .. As for the honorable brother, the Minister of Education, preparing and defending the educational plan in this exceptional circumstance with the help of the opinions of the specialists who participated in the symposium held by the Kuwait Teachers Association, thanks to its clear message “Education A National Priority and Social Responsibility” and other stakeholders are your responsibility, and it is a responsibility that everyone bears the consequences of their performance.

Dr. Modhi Abdulaziz Al-Hamoud

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