KUWAIT CITY, Feb 17: After a series of long meetings which lasted for more than eight hours, the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf has decided to scrap the current evaluation and grading system which was earlier implemented by the Ministry on the first and second term high schools exams.
The current evaluation and grading mechanism of the Ministry was the key reason for low achievement of grades by the high school students which made the students and their parents restless for quite some time which ended in demonstrations.

Dr Al-Hajraf has affirmed the previous year’s evaluating and grading mechanism will be reinstated starting from next year while the ministry tries to find a way to balance the low grades of the students in the best interests of the students.

Meanwhile, a large number of students, who have been waiting for the opening of the Student Library in Shuwaikh, were recently seen waiting in queue to buy books, reports Al-Qabas daily.

According to sources the first few moments were chaotic because several students who rushed to the counter could not find what they wanted, particularly books authored by well-known personalities.
Director of the library Badriya Al-Ali said the library administration has been exerting tremendous efforts to enable the university students to get their books without much difficulty.

She was quoted as saying the foreign and Arab books needed by the teaching staff members have not been provided so far to the library. However, other books required by the teaching staff are currently available.
She pointed out the offices of employees and shelves provided for storing the books are unsuitable because the contracting company has not followed the instructions and also failed to meet its obligations on time.
She went on to say the administrative staff is still suffering due to lack of telephone services. However, she added, the staff is committed to working hours from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm.

She added the employees unfortunately are not interested to work overtime because the incentives are not satisfying.