Secondary school transfers close on Sunday 29 November

The Ministry of Education has set Sunday 29 November 2026 as the last day for moving secondary-school students between schools or between education districts. Transfers go through the ministry’s Student Record system and close at the end of that working day. The date comes from a circular by the Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, Hamad Al-Hamad, setting out the timetable for the Grade 12 exam control unit at the end of the first term.

If your child is in secondary school and you plan to move them, talk to the school administration well before then.

The timetable

• 15 November: the exam control unit starts work (science, arts and religious-education streams).
• 29 November: transfers between schools and districts close for secondary students.
• 1 December: Grade 12 basic data, removals, withdrawals and re-enrolments locked.
• 2–10 December: schools pull, check and send Grade 12 lists to the control unit.
• 6–10 December: exams in subjects outside the main timetable.
• 10 December: last day for the control unit to receive Grade 12 withdrawals.
• 14 December: Student Record closed to Grade 12 marks and absences.
• 27 December: seat numbers for the secondary-certificate exams published on the ministry’s control-unit website.
• 29 December: exam hall lists and roll-call sheets published.

Worth checking now

Among the lists schools send in are students with gaps in their record: name in English, place of birth, or nationality. If any of these is missing for your child, sort it out with the school before basic data locks on 1 December.

Photo: a Kuwait One card showing a school yard with the State emblem and the Ministry of Education’s name.

Source: Ministry of Education circular, via Al-Rai, 13 November 2026.