r/Kuwait Kuwait | الكويت 5h ago

News 7,019 Teachers Face Termination as Kuwait Moves to Cut KD 42 Million in Costs

https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/7019-teachers-face-termination-as-kuwait-moves-to-cut-kd-42-million-in-costs/
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u/Alarming_Clue3193 5h ago

The bigger story here is why this is happening. Did a sizable percentage of the population not return to Kuwait for this academic year because of the war?

u/EIizabeth_Bennet 4h ago

The economy is shrinking.

u/zennoom 4h ago

To make room for the Kuwaiti labor force

u/Nihilistic-Spork 3h ago

Did no one actually read the article? People are being terminated in specific specializations where there are too many teachers that have been hired. There are still shortages in other specialties and the ministry is still hiring to cover those positions (the sciences from previous reports).

u/abalawadhi 5h ago

Manpower shakeup, probably a lot of redundancy and a push towards kuwaitization.

u/Itsgonnabealright00 4h ago

They've been saying this shit for 20 years.

u/alawadhiy 2h ago

Hire them to fire them when convenient. Wonderful policy of a highly humanitarian treatment...

u/Nihilistic-Spork 3h ago

I hate when article titles have nothing to do with the actual story. Yes, the cut frees up 42 million, but the title makes it seem like that's why all these people are being fired.

u/giant_hero 4h ago

500 per teacher per month