KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education announced the enrollment of 24,264 male and female 12th grade public school students so far to the ministry's online platform to take interactive classes, noting at the same time that there are 29,908 students who are eligible to take the 12th grade finals exams. This came in a press release Wednesday after an expanded meeting headed by Minister of Education and the Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi with directors of all educational districts and directors of secondary schools.

The statement quoted the minister as praising the ministry's endeavors with regards to the launch of the educational online platform, and the efforts of members of the educational field, saying that these efforts have an effective impact on the success of the progress of the educational process. He further stressed the importance of focusing on some of the main issues, national responsibility, participation and cooperation between the ministry's sectors.

Meanwhile, Acting Ministry Undersecretary and Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Badr Bajad urged school principals to communicate with concerned authorities in case they have inquiries on all matters related to the educational online platform. In the meantime, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Osama Al-Sultan expressed his appreciation for schools and students response in registering for the educational platform.

Sultan added that students registration will continue in order to allow the remaining students to register. He explained that registration was briefly closed Tuesday in order to update and sort the number of students, and enable bedoon students to register by their civil ID number only without the need for a serial number. The education ministry has not provided timetables or details on when it plans to launch online classes for grade 12 students. The current plan calls for grade 12 students to resume classes by August, and students of other grades by October. - KUNA