AUK's Dr. Al Awadhi Discusses Educational Development in Kuwait

As part of the daily show "Good Morning Kuwait", Kuwait TV hosted Dr. Hesham Al Awadi, Associate Professor of Political Science and History at AUK to talk about Kuwait's Future Generations Fund (FGF) and its role in boosting the governmental education sector in Kuwait.

The discussion covered several points including, the increase in the assets of the Future Generations Fund (FGF) and the concurrent talks over loans write-off. Dr. Al Awadi expressed his optimism about the rise in educational funds from 10% to 25% of oil revenues. This, in his opinion, should make great contribution to the standard of education in Kuwait, if wisely utilized. Such resources should go to the development of educators and educational resources rather than infrastructure investments. "People need to regain trust in governmental education in Kuwait", stressed Dr. Al Awadi.

The public discussion over loans write-off, in Al Awadi's opinion, should not be seen in separation from the positive efforts in building the educational process. "The mentality of exclusion of opposing views should disappear from our dialogue", Al Awadi commented on the Parliament talks over loans write-off. "Unless we forget about personal interests, we will never be able to build a future for our coming generations" he concluded.

Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 16th January 2013