ABSTRACT
The size of the kindergartens in Kuwait varies from one district to another depending on population composition and density. There are, for instance, fewer children of pre-school age in the older long-established areas of the City of Kuwait such as Sharq, Qibla, Shuaikh, Shamiya and Kifan, than in the newer residential areas of Rumaithiya, Rawda, Al-Rabiyah and Subahiyah. The findings illustrate that the motives classified as “economic” by the United Kingdom (UK) study accounted for 19.4 per cent of all motives given by UK teachers, and for 30.2 per cent of Kuwait teachers’ motives for entering teaching. The teaching staff in Kuwait kindergartens are all Arabic-speaking Moslem women. Approximately 45 per cent of the teachers in the sample were Kuwaiti nationals. The difference in age between Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti kindergarten teachers is very distinct.
