KUWAIT: Students banned from key universities

Kuwaiti students have allegedly been barred by their Education Ministry from attending three universities in Bahrain and others in Egypt, reports Gulf News. The Kuwaiti Education and High Education Minister Nouriya Al Subaih issued a decision to temporarily stop sending Kuwaiti students to certain universities and institutes in Bahrain and Egypt, according to Kuwait's Al Watan daily.

The report said the decision would not affect students already enrolled in these institutions or those who received approvals before the decision was issued.

The Bahrain institutions named in the report were faculties of education, engineering, administration, law and financial systems at Gulf University, the faculties of economy and administrative sciences and law at Delmon University for Technological Sciences, and the faculty of law and faculty of economy and administrative sciences at the Applied Sciences University.

Full report on the Gulf News site