Amir honors PAAET’s outstanding graduates
KUWAIT: Under the patronage and with attendance of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) held yesterday a ceremony to honor its outstanding graduates for 2015-2016.
His Highness the Amir arrived at the PAAET’s new building in Shuwaikh where he was received by Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and PAAET Board Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdullatif Al-Fares and PAAET Director General Dr Ahmad Saleh Al-Athari, in addition to a number of faculty staff members. The ceremony was attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, Sheikh Jaber AlAbdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad AlSabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Also present at the cermeony were First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad AlSabah, Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, senior state officials and graduates’ families.
Self-aware generations
Addressing the ceremony, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and PAAET Board Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdullatif Al-Fares highly commended His Highness the Amir’s keenness on attending and honoring outstanding graduates. The minister vowed to help in creating self-aware generations that strongly believe in strategic plans aiming at achieving the country’s sustainable development goals. He said the PAAET focuses on study programs, scientific contents of curricula and continuing assessment of students’ levels, pointing to upgrading the levels of educational and research services.
Undoubtedly, development is mainly centered on human and material elements, he said, arguing that the former is the basis of development and a catalyst for economic growth by means of overhauling the educational system.
In this context, the PAAET plays a major role in the graduation of well-trained and qualified students who can shoulder due responsibility in various sectors, he boasted. Several additional facilities of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, mainly laboratories and sports complexes, have been completed thanks to the continuing support of the country’s wise political leadership, the minister noted. Finally, he urged the PAAET’s new graduates to show a high sense of national responsibility and loyalty by working hard to help in developing their nation and addressing challenges it is facing.
Effective element
Meanwhile, PAAET Director General Dr Ahmad Saleh Al-Athari thanked His Highness the Amir for patronizing and attending the graduation ceremony. He stressed that his authority attaches much attention to the main societal segment of young people who are the effective element for building the State of Kuwait and carrying out its development plans.
At the behest of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the PAAET is always interested in developing curricula in order to strengthen the national and human spirit of students, Al-Athari added.
The PAAET has made much headway in education in order to keep abreast of educational and vocational advancement through permanent review of its study and training programs and curricula, he boasted.
On behalf of her colleagues, the student Sara Ahmad Assad said she and other new graduates were so happy to see His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince and other top state officials attending the graduation ceremony. Finally, His Highness the Amir honored the PAAET’s outstanding graduates, while memorial souvenirs were presented to His Highness the Amir.