Kuwait Ministry of Education uncovers salary payments to absentees

Kuwait Ministry of Education uncovers salary payments to absentees

Fingerprint system exposes salary fraudsters Fingerprint activation uncovers scandal in Kuwait’s education sector: Former employees are still paid despite their departure. kuwait CITY, May 4: In a startling revelation, educational sources disclosed to Al-Jarida that authorities within the Ministry of Education have uncovered a concerning discrepancy: several former employees who left the country years ago …Fingerprint system exposes salary fraudsters

Fingerprint activation uncovers scandal in Kuwait’s education sector: Former employees are still paid despite their departure.

KUWAIT CITY, May 4: In a startling revelation, educational sources disclosed to Al-Jarida that authorities within the Ministry of Education have uncovered a concerning discrepancy: several former employees who left the country years ago are still receiving their salaries. The revelation underscores a significant oversight, with some individuals having departed as far back as 2018, yet their salaries continued uninterrupted, without any corrective action being taken.

The decision by Dr. Adel Al-Adwani, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to activate the fingerprint system for monitoring employee attendance and departure has played a pivotal role in exposing these irregularities. This system, implemented without exception, is seamlessly integrated with the Civil Service Bureau’s comprehensive systems. Its activation has led to the detection of numerous