​The Civil Service Commission has officially launched a strategic five-year plan to terminate the services of 3,757 female and 38 male expatriate teachers in Kuwait.

This decision targets eight specific teaching specializations that currently show a surplus of staff, including Islamic Education, Physical Education, French, and Social Studies.

The comprehensive timeline aims for a "zero" expatriate workforce in these departments by the end of the five-year period starting from the 2026-2027 academic year.

According to the approved schedule, 766 non-Kuwaiti teachers will be released annually for four consecutive years, followed by 731 terminations in the final fifth year.

This move is part of the government’s intensified "Kuwaitization" policy, which prioritizes the employment of national graduates from Kuwait University and other local colleges.

Official sources confirmed that Physical Education has the highest number of affected staff with 1,744 individuals, followed by Islamic Education with 1,083 female teachers.

The Civil Service Commission based this decision on integrated system data showing a significant surplus of foreign staff in fields where local graduates are available.

The Ministry of Education had previously requested a halt on new recruitment for these specializations to ensure that local job seekers are prioritized for future openings.

By restructuring these educational sectors, the government aims to harmonize educational outputs with the actual needs of the local labor market and public schools.

Termination procedures will be implemented gradually to maintain the stability of the educational process and ensure that school operations remain unaffected during the transition.

Experts believe this large-scale replacement plan will significantly reduce unemployment rates among Kuwaiti specialized graduates in the upcoming five years.

The plan also includes Art Education, Kindergarten, Home Economics, and Psychology, focusing on sectors where national human resources have reached high levels of competency.

Kuwait continues to demonstrate its commitment to nationalizing the public sector and building a sustainable educational system led entirely by qualified Kuwaiti professionals.

The successful implementation of this five-year roadmap will mark a historic shift in Kuwait’s educational infrastructure and its long-term human resource management strategy.