(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) LONDON, Feb 24 (KUNA) - Kuwait's successive governments have been paying much heed to the building and developing of Kuwaiti human capabilities, a Kuwaiti diplomat boasted here on Saturday.
"The State of Kuwait has long encouraged and spurred education in all its stages," Kuwaiti Ambassador in London Khaled Al-Duwaisan said in a keynote speech during a congress of the National Union of Kuwait Students - UK and Ireland.
The Kuwaiti government has established several schools, institutes and colleges nationwide in an effort to push forward the educational process in the country, he emphasized.
Furthermore, hundreds of Kuwaiti students are dispatched to foreign countries, including the UK, he said, adding that 5,500 students have been taught abroad over the past five years.
The Kuwaiti ambassador went on to say that his country pins much hope on young people who would live up to responsibility by means of arming themselves with learning and knowledge.
Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth and Sports Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan and Kuwait Airways CEO Ebrahim Al-Khuzam and representatives of governmental bodies were present at the congress. (end) kd.mt
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