The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) announced the updated government scholarship programme, its general guidelines, and most important features, for academic 2024/2025, in partnership with the Civil Service and Government Development Bureau and the Ministry of Labour.
In a press conference Tuesday, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs Dr Harib Mohamed al-Jabri reviewed the general objectives of the programme, including economic growth in terms of investment in human capital and the quality of educational outcomes, noting the role of the private sector in this context.
He noted that one of the goals of the new plan, for which registration will be open from June 15 until Aug 15, is to ensure equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, and talent development, stressing that the government scholarship is an opportunity for all Qatari students.
In a related context, Dr al-Jabri discussed the three main scholarship programmes, which are the internal scholarship programme for five universities inside Qatar within Education City universities, and the external scholarship programme for the best 300 universities according to the classification of tracks and specialisations, in addition to the Amiri scholarship programme allocated to the best 24 universities according to the general classification in the world for foreign scholarships, with the conditions required for each of them.
He indicated that government scholarships were previously limited to outstanding students, while now they also include talented people in specialisations such as sports, art, and innovation, for example.
Dr al-Jabri noted that those who are unable to register for a scholarship during the aforementioned period can do so and enroll for two other periods from Oct 15 to Nov 15, 2024 (spring semester) and from March 15 to April 15, 2025 (summer semester).
He said that the government scholarship plan inside and outside Qatar previously included 700 male and female students, but now includes 1,500 male and female students annually.
The Civil Service and Governmental Development Bureau's Civil Service Affairs Director Saif Ali al-Kaabi considered the scholarship plan one of the main pillars for achieving the Qatar National Vision 2030, promoting human development, and contributing to preparing an efficient workforce capable of advancing the country's development wheel.
Head of the Skills Development Qualification Department at the Ministry of Labour Abdul Rahman Mohamed Talfat stressed that the private sector is an essential partner in economic and social development in Qatar, indicating that the ministry is keen to contribute to providing scholarship opportunities for Qatari students of both sexes, in a way that qualifies them for leadership and assume responsibility in the private sector.
Director of Public Relations and Communication Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Maryam Abdullah al-Mohannadi, spoke about the importance of government scholarships and its role in investing in national human capabilities, stressing the importance of this developed and updated plan with all its details for government scholarship students.
