Kuwaiti authorities have given the nod to expatriate teachers to travel abroad during the mid-year school vacation staring next week, an education source has disclosed to a local newspaper.

The mid-year school vacation in Kuwait has been scheduled for 45 days amid precautions against the spread of COVID-19.

According to the ministry’s instructions on allowing teachers’ departure, travellers will bear full responsibility in case of their failure to report back to work at the beginning of the second semester and will be deemed as absence from work.