In the field of higher education, Qatar has witnessed an increasing growth in the number of higher education institutions, bringing their number in 2021 to 32 institutions, offering 365 academic programmes in various educational paths.
Qatar achieved steady growth in the number of scientific research institutions and centres, as they reached 33 this year, with interests ranging from environment, energy, medicine, entrepreneurship to computing, as well as social, humanitarian and educational studies, technological innovations and sustainable development. Qatar’s efforts in the field of education were not limited to the local sphere only, but extended to include all parts of the world, especially marginalised communities, places of conflict and hard-to-reach areas.
The state is currently working through its financing, humanitarian and development arms and its partnerships with many organisations, governments and bodies from different countries of the world to intensify efforts to educate more than 364,000 refugee children in 14 countries, with the aim of bringing the total number of refugee children enrolled in school to 1.5 million children around the world.
The vital and important achievements made according to systematic and studied plans and strategies in these sectors confirm beyond any doubt that Qatar is proceeding with boundless confidence and ambition in its efforts towards achieving its goals for comprehensive and sustainable development in all files and sectors, especially in the health and education sectors, given that an educated, healthy citizen is more capable of exerting effort and giving and actively contributing to the growth and progress of his country, under the wise leadership of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
These achievements embody the rational approach taken by the State in implementing its development policies, including health and education, with efficiency, quality and competence, for the benefit of its current and future generations, which confirms that Qatar is now in the ranks of developed countries. It anticipates a new year, in which the march of achievements will continue in all sites and fields.
In the context of these achievements, Qatar made progress in dealing with the priorities stated in the Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development last May, including those related to public policies, transforming learning environments, developing teachers capabilities, empowering youth, and accelerating procedures at the national level through the actions and measures it has taken in accordance with the second Education and Training Sector Strategy (2018-22) and the plan of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, which stem from Qatar National Vision 2030.
