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Doha
THE Shura Council, at its weekly session chaired by Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud, thanked the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, for his interest and support to education, which has developed greatly over the years in Qatar.
The speaker also thanked the Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed al Hammadi, who attended the session on his invitation, and the ministry, for their efforts.
Addressing the dignitaries attending the session, Hammadi said education is accorded top priority by HH the Amir and the government and is followed up by the Prime Minister.
He also gave a presentation on the development in the educational process and reviewed the strategic objectives of education.
Hammadi said the ministry has developed a reference framework for curricula based on Qatar’s national vision, identity and values and what it seeks to achieve in the future.
He highlighted the ministry’s efforts to attract teachers saying standards have been put in place for their employment, evaluation and the preparation of specialised programmes in coordination with the College of Education at the Qatar University.
Hammadi added that incentives and rewards have been allocated to encourage citizens and residents to join the education sector. He also announced that the coming period will see implementation of several projects for the development of higher education.
The discussions focused on the development and revision of curricula and Qatarisation of education, encouraging and training teachers, e-learning, education of people with special needs, regulating fees in private schools, especially foreign schools, as well as education vouchers and private lessons in addition to addressing issues arising from the equivalence and certification of university degrees and applying them to all without discrimination.
The discussions included the length of the academic year, the short annual leave of teachers, number of tasks assigned to teachers and the linking of teachers’ annual leave with the end of the academic year.
After the discussions, the Shura speaker thanked, on his behalf and on behalf of the council members, the minister for his important clarifications regarding the educational policy and the ministry’s efforts to address the problems and obstacles as well as future plans for the development of education and higher education.
For his part, Hammadi praised the proposals and observations of the members of the Shura Council, stressing that the ministry will take them into account.
Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Fawzia bint Abdulazizal Khater attended the session.
Meanwhile, the Shura Council speaker, who is also chairman of the organising committee of the 140th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its related meetings, told the council that the arrangements for Doha’s hosting of the session from April 6 to 10 have been completed.
The meeting was attended by HE Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Fakhro, chief executive officer of the Permanent Committee for Organising Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinator of the organising committee, who gave a detailed presentation of the arrangements for the session.
The meeting was also attended by members of the organising committee and chairmen of the subcommittees.
Doha
THE Shura Council, at its weekly session chaired by Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud, thanked the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, for his interest and support to education, which has developed greatly over the years in Qatar.
The speaker also thanked the Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed al Hammadi, who attended the session on his invitation, and the ministry, for their efforts.
Addressing the dignitaries attending the session, Hammadi said education is accorded top priority by HH the Amir and the government and is followed up by the Prime Minister.
He also gave a presentation on the development in the educational process and reviewed the strategic objectives of education.
Hammadi said the ministry has developed a reference framework for curricula based on Qatar’s national vision, identity and values and what it seeks to achieve in the future.
He highlighted the ministry’s efforts to attract teachers saying standards have been put in place for their employment, evaluation and the preparation of specialised programmes in coordination with the College of Education at the Qatar University.
Hammadi added that incentives and rewards have been allocated to encourage citizens and residents to join the education sector. He also announced that the coming period will see implementation of several projects for the development of higher education.
The discussions focused on the development and revision of curricula and Qatarisation of education, encouraging and training teachers, e-learning, education of people with special needs, regulating fees in private schools, especially foreign schools, as well as education vouchers and private lessons in addition to addressing issues arising from the equivalence and certification of university degrees and applying them to all without discrimination.
The discussions included the length of the academic year, the short annual leave of teachers, number of tasks assigned to teachers and the linking of teachers’ annual leave with the end of the academic year.
After the discussions, the Shura speaker thanked, on his behalf and on behalf of the council members, the minister for his important clarifications regarding the educational policy and the ministry’s efforts to address the problems and obstacles as well as future plans for the development of education and higher education.
For his part, Hammadi praised the proposals and observations of the members of the Shura Council, stressing that the ministry will take them into account.
Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Fawzia bint Abdulazizal Khater attended the session.
Meanwhile, the Shura Council speaker, who is also chairman of the organising committee of the 140th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its related meetings, told the council that the arrangements for Doha’s hosting of the session from April 6 to 10 have been completed.
The meeting was attended by HE Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Fakhro, chief executive officer of the Permanent Committee for Organising Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinator of the organising committee, who gave a detailed presentation of the arrangements for the session.
The meeting was also attended by members of the organising committee and chairmen of the subcommittees.
