Buthaina Ali Al Nuaimi, (right) President, Pre-University Education (PUE) and Maryam Alhajri, Director, Academyati in front of the replica of the school at QF headquarters yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula
Qatar Foundation (QF) has launched a first of its kind school in Qatar, which will offer a globally unique learning model to young children.
Academyati is a progressive school under the umbrella of QF’s Pre-University Education (PUE) and admissions are open now for the 2019-20 academic year. It will open in August 2019 for children aged 3 to 6 years, said officials yesterday during a press conference held at the QF headquarters.
The school is an idea of H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of QF, and will offer a globally unique learning model that takes the concept of personalized education into a new dimension.
Academyati will be based at QF’s Education City and enroll 48 children initially. The school is designed to eventually expand and ultimately accommodate children and young people aged 3-18.
“Designed to add to the legacy of quality education that has already been created by its diverse and specialized schools, QF’s new, progressive K-12 school, Academyati, will bring a whole new educational experience to Qatar,” said Buthaina Ali Al Nuaimi, President, PUE.
“Academyati is a bilingual school offering individualized education, with an emphasis on experiential learning within an innovative educational ecosystem that will work in close partnership with parents and families. Academyati will graduate students who are aware, confident, empowered, and can bring positive change to their world,” she added.
Placing an equal emphasis on both personal and academic development, Academyati will provide tailored, creative, and nurturing learning experiences designed to ensure children studying at the school achieve their full potential.
“Academyati stands for ‘Innovation in Learning’. We believe in trusting today’s children. By exposing our children to experiences and quests as a way of learning, we aim to fuel children’s independence, empathy, curiosity, and creativity through their journey in Academyati. We have faith that their inner gifts will shape amazing outcomes,” said Maryam Alhajri, Director, Academyati.
“Each child at Academyati will have a fully-developed personal plan, tailored to nurture their personal growth and creative process within a positive and supportive environment,” she added.
She also emphasized that the children will able to enter international universities through the curriculum taught at Academyati.
At Academyati children will be grouped in multi-age groups, rather than in a structure defined by grade levels or determined by their age. This will each child to learn at their own pace and from older or younger children, in a fluid, engaging, non-classroom setting. Each child will have a portfolio that fully documents their personal growth, as well as their learning outcomes and products.
Applications to Academyati are now open until May 1, 2019.
