Ku Restructures Majors To Meet Labor Market Demands

By doing away with the disciplines that aren't related to the labor market, Kuwait University is reshaping its majors to match the labor market needs. There are reports that the university administration has already formed a committee to analyze the outputs of the school and redesign its majors.

There were three meetings held in this regard, according to a local Arabic daily, which led to an updated list of majors, as well as an updated list of disciplines that are required by the job market. Moreover, they reviewed previous studies prepared by the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development regarding education and labor market policies, as well as detailing the most prominent specialization needs of the market established by the Civil Service Commission.

Based on the sources, the committee contacted various colleges to see what specializations and programs they can offer that will keep pace with the needs of the labor market.

After reviewing the international references, steps were taken to identify priority tracks and specializations in order to link them with Kuwait University's scientific departments.

In some sources, few faculty members provided input on the proposed majors, and the committee's work revealed overlapping job titles, specializations, and department names among scientific departments and faculties, while the committee found few guidelines for academic collaboration between colleges or even between departments within a single college.

Sources indicate that there are no standards for updating academic curriculums and specializations, and that some colleges have no conception of the future career prospects of their specializations.

In the Department of Labor's opinion, there is a lack of communication between state agencies and government institutions related to employment and the needs of the labor market, while there are few data available on the labor market with respect to employment and assessing market needs; there is also no clear vision for employment institutions in setting and aligning development priorities.

The committee came up with proposals to complete its work, including preparing or revising academic programs to prepare graduates capable of adapting to future jobs, a plan to keep pace with global trends and create the invisible rather than keeping pace with the labor market, and finding intersections between all university disciplines and the global perspective of jobs WEF2030.

She explained that the committee proposed to finish its work by listing disciplines not required by the labor market and for which there is less demand locally and globally.

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