| Hike school fees and salaries of employees in schools |
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KUWAIT CITY : Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa has issued a decision to increase the school fees and salaries of employees in the non-governmental Arab schools. The decision takes effect in the new academic year 2014/2015, he added, reports Al- Seyassah daily.
As per the decision, the fees of group (A) in kindergarten phase of the private Arab schools will be KD 259 and KD 365 for the primary stage, KD 426 for intermediate stage, and KD 516 for secondary stage. As for group (B), the fees of kindergarten will be KD 259 and KD 274 for the primary stage, KD 329 for intermediate stage, and KD 402 for secondary stage.
Meanwhile, the salaries of teachers in group (A) at the non-governmental Arab schools is KD 206 for kindergarten stage, KD 263 for primary stage, KD 281 for intermediate stage, and KD335 for secondary stage. As for group (B): the kindergarten teachers will receive KD 206 and those in primary stage KD211, KD238 for intermediate stage, and KD 270 for secondary stage.
Also, the decision bans any school from collecting additional fees from guardians under any circumstance. The minister also issued another decision organizing the school fees for academic year 2014/2015 in schools that teach Indian curricula, and students in the primary stage will pay KD356 and KD 410 for those in intermediate stage, KD460 for secondary stage, and KD320 for kindergarten stage.
The salaries of teachers are as follows: KD250 for those teaching in kindergarten, KD263 for primary stage, KD284 for intermediate stage, and KD 341 for the secondary stage. And, fees of the schools that teach the Pakistani curricula are as follows: KD 375 for primary stage, KD430 for intermediate stage, KD475 for secondary stage and KD345 for kindergarten stage, while the salaries of teachers in the Pakistani schools will be the same as their counterparts in Indian schools.
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