Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 31: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh in June, issued a decision based on a study carried out by the CSC to change the concept of the policy of replacing expatriates in the government sector by Kuwaitis with the so-called ‘Kuwaitization’ to include all professions and specializations, especially in the ministries of Education, Health and Awqaf. Informed sources told that the aim is to provide job opportunities for all Kuwaitis registered with the central employment system. The decision of the CSC is issued under the title ‘The rules and procedures for Kuwaitization of government jobs’.

The decision states: Increase in the replacement ratio in the government sector to bring it to cent per cent within five years in five the functional groups. They groups are as follows — Systems and information technology; maritime; Literature, Arts, Media, Information and Public Relations; Administrative Development, Follow-up and Statistics and the Administrative Support The decision of the Civil Service Council also includes increasing the percentage of the replacement to 98 percent; in the Criminal Evidences Department (Forensics) prevention and rescue.