Qatar Chamber’s Education Committee recently held its first meeting for this year to discuss a number of issues concerning private schools, such as the capacity of students and the transfer of teachers.
Presided over by Qatar Chamber board member engineer Ali bin Abdullatif al-Misnad, on behalf of Qatar Chamber first vice-chairman and Committee chairperson Mohamed bin Towar al-Kuwari, the meeting was also attended by Omar Abdulaziz al-Naama, Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
During the meeting, al-Misnad expressed his pleasure to be a member of the committee, noting that he is the chairman of MIE SPPU Institute of Higher Education in Doha.
Attendees also expressed their pleasure that al-Namaa is a member of the committee.
The meeting discussed several issues, such as the impact of capacity requirements on private schools. It was agreed that the committee would prepare a memorandum in this regard to be submitted to the assistant undersecretary.
It also touched on the effects of teachers’ transfer during the school year. Regarding this, the committee agreed to coordinate a meeting with the Ministry of Labour to discuss teachers’ contracts and how to prevent teachers from transferring during the school year.
The committee also agreed to form three sub-committees on the following areas: Digital Transformation, Nurseries, and Educational Centres, provided that the heads of these sub-committees shall attend meetings of the main Education Committee at the chamber. It was also agreed that the committee would hold meetings every three months or more, if necessary.
