Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), H E Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Naimi, has affirmed that Qatar, under the directives of the wise leadership, pays great attention to education as the main component of the human being, the main tributary of sustainable development, and an essential part of the Qatar National Vision 2030, which considers the quality of education as one of its main pillars.
In exclusive statements to Qatar News Agency (QNA), to coincide with International Day of Education, he noted that edu-cation will remain the first investment for Qatar to build the nation by investing in the citizen and that it will benefit Qatar with growth, devel-opment, and modernization in various fields.
On January 24 every year, the world celebrates the Inter-national Day of Education, which was established by the United Nations in 2018, to celebrate education’s role in achieving peace and devel-opment. Also, emphasize that it is a “human right, a public good, and a public responsibility.”
Dr. Al Naimi referred to the remarkable educational suc-cesses and initiatives achieved and launched by Qatar, represented by the Ministry with distinction, by completing the past two academic years despite the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide, as a result of which the courses stopped or the academic year was can-celed in most countries.
He also stressed in a related context that the Ministry of Education is striving in e-learning with the continued spread of this pandemic globally and that it has established many plat-forms with new ones coming to expand this type of education.
He pointed out that the education system in Qatar is char-acterized by international standards and is fully compatible with them, and qualifies the general education student to continue university and graduate studies or join the labor market.
Dr. Al Naimi also stressed that the materials of the Minis-try’s pavilion displayed at the ongoing 31st Doha International Book Fair embody an hon-ourable and bright image of the nobility of education and its stages of development in Qatar, the Ministry’s efforts to build generations armed with science, knowledge, and culture, capable and qualified to serve its community country and assume the responsibilities entrusted to it.
He highlighted the great interest that the Ministry gives to students with disabilities, reviewing in this regard the vital services it provides to them, including assessment, coun-seling, and support, as well as attention to their perceptual, cognitive, academic, and social skills and their self-care, and identifying the appropriate edu-cational environment and alter-natives for them.
The undersec-retary stressed the Ministry’s keenness to provide governmental integration schools, specialised schools, provide specialized cadres, learning environments, equipped resource rooms, and provide the best educational services and alternatives, according to their needs, noting that Qatar is one of the first countries to ratify the Con-vention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008.
In this context, Dr. Al Naimi referred to the State’s interest in establishing specialized schools within the framework of the Qatar National Vision 2030, which is based on building a knowledge economy and building a new generation of scholars, researchers, and thinkers.
He mentioned Qatar Tech-nical Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls and the training and education they provide in various vocational tracks, in addition to Qatar Science and Technology Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls, which operate on STEM system, a modern curriculum based on the integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to encourage students to learn these sci-ences and materials and prepare them for the post-sec-ondary stage.
Dr. Al Naimi also noted Qatar Independent Secondary School of Banking Sciences and Business Administration for boys and girls to provide high-quality, specialized education in banking and business admin-istration, qualify human cadres and integrate them into the banking sector. This builds a generation of Qatari economists that achieve competitiveness for Qatar and provide the banking and corporate sector with Qatari competencies.Formal education in Qatar was established in the early fifties, specifically since 1952, and then accelerated the pace of its development in the country to include all resi-dents of both sexes and at all stages, up to university edu-cation and beyond as well, whether at Qatar University or other universities in Qatar and abroad.
