Kuwait

High school teachers back to work

August 04, 2020 | 04:56 p.m EDT

KUWAIT: Around 11,000 high school teachers returned to work yesterday for the first time in five months, where they started preparing to give online classes to grade 12 students in public and Arabic private schools. Teachers were trained on the online platform that will be used to give online classes to grade 12 students for the 2019/2020 second semester starting next week until September 17.

The Ministry of Education had announced on July 16, 2020 ending the 2019/2020 school year for all grade except for grade 12, and setting October 4, 2020 to start the 2020/2021 school year with online classes. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

August 04, 2020 04:56 PM

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