Educate A Child’ global initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) Board of Trustees Chairperson HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to deliver quality schooling children missing out on basic education, has gained widescaled acclaim from experts and education specialists and academics. Educate A Child initiative targets 61 million children missing out on basic education due toRead more

Speaking at the launch of the "Educate A Child" initiative at the World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE), HH Sheikha Moza said that educate a Child will reignite the world’s commitment to the hardest-to-reach children, the forgotten children. "Our mission is to turn attention back to the disadvantaged children of today, who could become confident adults tomorrow, able to fulfillRead more

The Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) has launched in collaboration with Qatar University and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a research plan, the first of its kind in the GCC region, to research the Qatari media landscape. A press release the DCMF issued here Tuesday said the research aims to study the extent to which Qatar’sRead more

Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) has welcomed senior members of the Inter Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) to Doha to take part in an INEE Working Group summit at the Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre, Education City on the 11th and 12th of November. Attending the 2-day summit were education leaders representing 20 key agencies including the United NationsRead more

Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council, conferred here today with Minister of Education of Brunei Darussalam Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong. The meeting discussed means to develop cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Government of Brunei Darussalam in the fields of education, withRead more

All schools nationwide should purchase school buses in accordance with an approved list of qualified vehicle types and vendors in order to ensure safety, the Ministry of Education said in a circular published on Monday. The circular said all school buses purchased by elementary schools and kindergartens should be bought from approved vendors, adding that schools that do not doRead more

Internships and externships are growing in importance at Qatar University (QU) as part of the institution’s commitment to ensure students gain practical experience along with theory learned in classrooms and boost their skills. The aim is to give students an insight into various disciplines of the professional world and the opportunity to be mentored by experts during the training process,Read more

The Ministry of Education is preparing to implement the fingerprint system in schools for better administration. Khalid Saad Al-Madkoori, a school director in Taif, said the fingerprint system is a positive step toward reducing the administrative burden off school principals’ shoulders. “It will have a big impact on education,” he added. “School principles face the dilemma of accepting or rejectingRead more

The fourth annual edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) 2012 opens here Tuesday at the Qatar National Convention Centre under the theme 'Collaborating for Change'.  This year more than 1,000 prominent education, corporate, political and social leaders from over 100 countries will gather for the three-day Summit and explore how collaboration in many forms and at manyRead more

The Ministry of Education is preparing to implement the fingerprint system in schools for better administration. Khalid Saad Al-Madkoori, a school director in Taif, said the fingerprint system is a positive step toward reducing the administrative burden off school principals’ shoulders. “It will have a big impact on education,” he added. “School principles face the dilemma of accepting or rejectingRead more