Minister questioned on ‘foreign’ degrees
MP Ahmad Al- Hamad has forwarded queries to Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research Ali Al-Mudhaf about Kuwaitis who graduated from universities in other countries and complained about the accreditation of their academic certificates.
He wants to know the number of such students who filed cases against the Ministry of Higher Education regarding the accreditation of certificates obtained from universities abroad, number of such cases in which the ministry lost, amount of compensation and fines paid in the last 10 years, if studies have been conducted to determine factors that led to losing in these cases, those responsible for the losses, steps taken to address this problem and prevent the wastage of public funds, why Kuwaiti students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have had no health insurance for several years, other countries where Kuwaiti students are not covered by health insurance, compensation for students not covered by health insurance, and if the compensation is enough to cover their medical expenses every year.
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