The Council of Ministers by means of Decree-Regulation No. (77) of 2025, has launched two new articles — 259 bis and 259 bis A — into Penal Code No. (16) of 1960.
This legislative step is in regards to the leaking of public training exams and manipulation of scholar grades, marking a agency stance in opposition to educational dishonesty, experiences Al-Jarida day by day.
In keeping with the brand new legislation, any particular person who prints, publishes, distributes, promotes, or leaks center and secondary faculty examination questions or solutions — or disrupts the examination course of or influences its end result — will face a jail sentence starting from two to 5 years and a tremendous between 5,000 and 10,000 Kuwaiti dinars.
Stricter penalties apply to individuals concerned within the official administration of exams. These accountable for making ready, overseeing, transporting, correcting, or leaking examination outcomes might face imprisonment for as much as seven years and a tremendous between 5,000 and 20,000 dinars.
The accompanying explanatory memorandum emphasised that this legislation addresses an pressing nationwide precedence — preserving the integrity of the tutorial course of, making certain truthful scholar evaluation, and defending the credibility of Kuwait’s educational system from practices that undermine it.