The Ministry of Education (MoE) employs over 112,000 persons with a wage bill of approximately 2bn KD. Consuming 9% of the total annual budget, the MoE is the third-largest expense for the Kuwait government. This paper seeks to take a deeper look at the public finances of the Ministry of Education from 2009-2019. It explores and assesses spending and budget allocations at the ministry as well as its overwhelming consumption of compensation of its employees. The research points to three findings. First, the MoE’s spending history has shown to increase significantly and sporadically, even during times of fiscal strain. Second, the MoE expenditure budget is consumed by its wage bill, which has shown to be ‘sticky’. Lastly, demographic data highlights that there is an oversupply of public school teachers in Kuwait, when compared with other countries. Further research into fiscal governance beyond the ministry-level is required to assess funding optimality.