KUWAIT CITY, Nov 7: Head of the Kuwait University Faculty Association Dr Ibrahim Al-Hammoud said the delay in disbursing dues of the faculty members violates the financial laws of the state, and the provisions of civil service laws, reports Al-Jaridah daily. Dr Al-Hamoud explained that “it is unreasonable to end the course and additional lectures without disbursing their financial dues under the pretext of not having funds, although the financial commitment was made before the current fiscal year, and has confirmed this year the allocation of funds for spending before the additional lessons were carried out.”

In a statement, he stressed that dues for the summer semester must be deposited in the accounts as specified in the budget item and disbursed to the faculty members’ accounts at the end of the semester without splitting them under the pretext of lack of liquidity, as indicated in the supplementary university budget attached to the state’s general budget.

He added the transfer between items in Chapter One is a possible matter as per Financial Law No. 31 of 1978, and remains in the hands of the minister of finance without the need for parliamentary approval, stressing the admission of more than 8,000 students to Kuwait University requires the state to provide financial support to increase the number of academic subjects and additional teaching staff to guarantee quality education, because the increase in number of students, even if teaching is “online”, negatively affects the quality of education in the absence of academic relations between lecturers and the students.