British School of Kuwait
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'The British School of Kuwait (BSK) is an old school located in the city of Salwa, Kuwait. The school generally teaches students between the ages of 3 and 19. The school considers itself an "International school" and henceforth takes in students of any nationality.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1978, and in 1993 moved to its present campus in Salwa. The same old building is being used to cater the students to this day. As of the academic year 2008-2009, all students in the K.G and Reception levels have been moved to a new building across the road, named "The Sunshine School" or TSK. The name came from what is now called "The British School of Kuwait"; "The Sunshine School" being the original name of the older school building, which only taught young children. The rest of the students in BSK will have to stay in the old building until plans for a third school building are made.
[edit] Courses and Study
A full range of examination courses is provided including 'AS' and 'A2' level courses in the sciences, the humanities, music, art, drama, business studies and economics, computer studies and French. The Sixth-Form numbers 85 and teaching takes place in the "Britania" Sixth form centre.
The curriculum at the British School of Kuwait is designed in accordance with the principles of the British education system and the medium of teaching is English apart from in Arabic, Islamic Studies and French and German language lessons. Due regard is paid to the cultural context of the Middle East and the traditions of the 65 nations from which students come. Most of the English-speaking teachers at BSK are recruited in the United Kingdom and are recognized by the UK Department for Education and Skills.[citation needed]
At a certain fee the school provides access to a range of 'British Schools', these are after school events ranging from chess to yoga.
[edit] Facilities
Facilities at the British School of Kuwait include a Computer Centre, about 4 small laboratories, a library, a theatre, and a couple of art and music rooms. Areas for sport activities or events include a swimming pool, two tennis courts, and a basketball court. The British School of Kuwait has two courtyards. An inner courtyard and an outer. Both are outdoors and are not very well equipped as sometimes there is a lot of dust in the air, which can irritate players. Although there are a wide range of facilities, the old books, lack of modern equipment, and ageing theatre make these so called facilities difficult to work around, both for students and teachers. The school concentrates most of its money on fees for teachers, so facilities are quite ill equipped.
[edit] E-Learning
In 2003 the British School of Kuwait underwent a project to encourage (or make it compulsory) for all students from Y3-Y13 to have personal laptop computers.[citation needed] This attempt to improve the quality of learning at BSK has only backfired. The students have become more occupied with playing computer games in school than learning, and the teachers will simply give the student a website to look at and will, in many cases, ignore the students after asking them to use their laptops in class. Rather than improve the standard of learning, the addition of laptops in BSK has served as a distraction for many students and teachers. The only positive outcome for the school would be the masses of profit made through exploiting eager students who wish to learn by selling laptops in school and adding a compulsory fee for a necessary "configuration" that will allow the students to access the school's system amongst other things like the internet and online gaming. This fee goes for those who have purchased laptops inside and outside the school. Students who cannot afford to/do not wish to buy a laptop will be given constant "letter(s) of reminder" as a notice to the parents that their son/daughter have not purchased a laptop from the school, or have not configurated a laptop purchased from school, or have purchased a laptop from outside the school and have not configurated it, or have not purchased a laptop or configurated the yet-to-be-purchased laptop from outside or inside the school.
[edit] Acedemic year and application
The school year runs from September to June and a summer school is offered during July. All new students are interviewed and are required to take an entrance examination.
[edit] Charity Events
In 2007, BSK's Charity committee announced their support for the Kuwaiti Charity KACCH (Kuwait Association for Children's Care Hospice) by raising money and having a group of students visit the hospital weekly in order to help entertain and occupy the children. The school has also organised several "charity events" where the aim was to donate as much money as possible. An example of such an event is a "charity walk", where students have to walk about 15 kilometres under the "sponsorship" of certain students or teachers, who will pay them a certain amount for every kilometre they walk. The resulting money should then be given to teacher hosting the event. This is rarely the case and many students get away with the money that was seemingly going to charity. In the end of the long walk, the students are treated to McDonalds at their own cost.
