KUWAIT: Senior education ministry officials met Tuesday to discuss the operational plan for "educational loss", which is the term used to describe students' failure to obtain necessary learning and educational skills as a result of restrictions forced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Ministry Undersecretary Dr Ali Al-Yaqoub chaired the meeting which also grouped the assistant undersecretary for general education, assistant undersecretary for legal affairs, assistant undersecretary for educational development and activities, education zones directors, and the director of religious education.

Dr Yaqoub told journalists that out of a belief in the importance of compensating for "lost education" caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which had a clear effect on academic gains, the ministry launched the "compensation of educational loss" project under the theme "restrengthening education for all".

Dr Yaqoub said the program is prepared to compensate students for what they lost during the pandemic according to scientific research and studies and training on basic skills including four main items, Arabic and English languages, mathematics and science for students from fourth to eight grades. Dr Yaqoub said work at the 12 centers, two centers for each educational zone (for boys and girls), will start from Sunday, July 17, for four weeks at a rate of four classes per day from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.