Kuwaiti ministry of Education new projects valued at KD321m

Ministry of Education's Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Buildings Mohammad Al-Sayegh announced on Sunday the new projects of ministry's developmental plan for years (2014-2015-2016-2017-2018) valued KD 321 million. Al-Sayegh told KUNA that KD 249 million were allocated to projects of demolishing and rebuilding old and dilapidated schools, besides building new schools in cooperation with public education sector. The new developmental plan includes building new 50 schools between years 2010-2014, while ten schools were already built, he added. The new plan includes the project of a new building dedicated for the private education sector, besides a building for National Center for Education Development at Al-Salmiya area, of an expected estimated cost of no less than KD five million per each project. The Ministry's plan also includes six centers to train teachers and administrators in each educational area, while the first center was opened in Al-Jahra, with a preliminary cost of the project valued KD four million.