KUWAIT: Kuwaiti students returning to their studies in Bahrain following the unrest there have expressed concern over various problems, including heavy security presence there

 and complications in having their qualifications accredited by the kingdom's higher education authorities.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, some of the students said that amongst the other problems they are facing in returning to their studies, they must first endure a series of personal questions when entering Bahrain as part of the tightened security measures introduced following the recent unrest. After this, they must then pass through numerous security checkpoints set up across the kingdom, where large numbers of security and army personnel positioned everywhere are greatly restricting students' extra
curricular movements.

Many Kuwaiti students have already reportedly been forced to return home after being denied access to the country, with the Kuwaiti Embassy there unable to intervene since the issue concerns the kingdom's national security.

Elsewhere, meanwhile, Kuwaiti students who left Egypt following the revolution that ended the decades-long rule of former president Hosni Mubarak have been urged by educational authorities there to return to the now reopened colleges and universities.

Although most of the Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt have expressed optimism at resuming their studies there, some fear that further unrest may take place "since conditions there have yet to be fully stabilized." One student also condemned the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo, claiming that staff there had been negligent in their duties and accusing them of "failing to take care of Kuwaiti citizens.

Kuwait's Ambassador to Egypt, Rashid Al-Hamad, rejected these charges, however, insisting that the embassy's doors are always open to address any problems which Kuwaiti students or any other Kuwaiti citizens in Egypt might face. - Kuwait Times