Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi opening the 5th campus of CCQ in Al Khor.
Doha: Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi opened yesterday the Community College of Qatar’s (CCQ) Al Khor Campus.
The College’s fifth campus brings its wide range of quality programs and world-class education services to students in the north of Qatar, boosting the institution’s collective teaching capacity across the country in response to the increasing demand for its academic offerings.
The new campus, spread across three buildings, adds 41 classrooms, 11 science and computer labs, and a state-of-the-art testing centre to the College’s capacity. Further augmenting the on-campus experience is a range of modern facilities, including 28 offices, three fully-equipped clinics, a multipurpose meeting room, a well-resourced teachers’ lounge, and numerous green areas throughout the premises.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Dr Ibrahim Saleh Al Naimi; CCQ President Dr Mohamed Al Naemi and Vice-President Dr Khalid Al Abdulqader, and a number of senior representatives from the College.
Commending the efforts put forth by the College to support academic needs throughout Qatar, the Minister of Education and Higher Education said that CCQ is one of the essential educational institutions in Qatar and one that presents students with a wide range of unique educational paths.
The Minister said: “We have noticed a significant increase in the number of students enrolling at the College, which reached about 5,000 in Doha, and that presented the need to open new campuses in other regions, in order to provide CCQ’s educational services to the residents of these areas.”
The Minister said the new CCQ Campus in Al Khor, which will accommodate around 4,000 students, not only through the provision of its academic programs, but also with professional training programs for the industrial sector in the region.
“Our strategy for the College also includes the establishment of a new CCQ Campus in Al Wakra to serve the residents of the southern region, which we will work on in the near future, after completing the planning for the new branch,” said the Minister.
On CCQ’s leading role in providing the labour market in Qatar with qualified national competencies in various sector, Dr Ibrahim Saleh Al Naimi said:
“The number of CCQ graduates has reached around 1,000 a year, who now serve the various sectors in the country and successfully join many of the important state institutions.”
Dr Mohamed Al Naemi said: “Throughout our incredible journey of transformation from one campus and 300 students in 2010, to becoming the fastest growing educational institution in the country with five campuses and 5,000 full-time students, the Ministry has been a strategic partner in our relentless pursuit of academic excellence.”
