NPI endeavor leads students to rose-colored world

KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- Chairperson of Al-Nuwair Positive Initiative (NPI) Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Sabah launched on Tuesday a project that aims to instill in students a sense of optimism, under the slogan, "A Brighter Future." In a speech to kick off the program, sponsored by Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Mohammad Al-Fares, Sheikha Intisar noted that three years after NPI's inception, the initiative seeks to secure a solid future for the nation's youth.
On the endeavor, she said it is the first of its kind in the history of the Middle East and fits into global plans that revolve around the youth's increasingly significant contributions to sustained development.
Moreover, Sheikha Intisar pointed out that the project, which coincides with Kuwait's national celebrations, was carried out in three different schools with staggering results.
On the endeavor, she noted it comprises research that will induce data and information to be promulgated in international conferences and magazines.
Meanwhile, the program's director, Ruqaya Hussein, said that 69 teachers have been instructed to espouse the merits of optimism, adding that it has been proven through years of studies that an optimistic disposition leads to better health.
In a statement to the press, the Minister of Education said that this endeavor will prove beneficial to the students and nation as a whole, expressing his support of efforts to reinforce humanitarian and national values.
The brainchild of Sheikha Intisar, NPI is a non-profitable initiative formed in March 2013, as Kuwait became the first Arab nation to launch the initiative. (end) zak.nam