Kuwait Education Min. vows resolute response to any wrongdoing

Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Adel Al-Adwani warned Monday that immediate action would be taken against any wrongdoing pertinent to exam paper leakage. The minister's warning came in the aftermath of a decision to put on the back burner the exam of the Islamic education subject for the 12th grade of high schools, vowing that anyone, regardless of his or her post, involved in the matter would be brought to book. The minister underlined that any attempt to tamper with students' future would be resolutely addressed, and negative phenomena be determinedly opposed, through the concerted efforts of the ministry's sincere officials, the ministry's Spokesman Ahmad Al-Waheeda said in a press statement. Earlier in the day, the minister of education decided to postpone the exam of the Islamic education subject following the leakage of exam papers, warning that legal action would be taken against all those involved in the affair. Source: Kuwait News Agency