Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs to QNA: New Strategy Establishes Comprehensive Approach to Improving Education Quality -1-

Regarding the most prominent axes on which the MOEHE’s strategy 2024-2025 is based, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at the MOEHE Maha Al Ruwaili told QNA that they are represented in pre-primary education, education from grades one to twelve, post-secondary education, continuing education and the capabilities of the educational system. She noted that the goals it seeks to achieve are comprehensive goals for all areas of the educational process, including, but not limited to, access to high-quality education and improving the level of services provided by kindergartens and nurseries.

She added that the ministry also seeks, through its strategy, to support the digital learning process, stressing that excellence in digital education at all levels represents one of the main objectives of the MOEHE’s strategy. In that regard, she pointed to enhancing the digital skills of teachers and students and digitizing and managing educational content for all subjects and academic levels interactively and a
ttractively.

Al Ruwaili said that the strategy focuses primarily on the learner, ensuring that they have an integrated educational journey enhanced with experiences and skills throughout the different stages of their lives. The ministry also seeks to enhance the capabilities of students and enable them to be future leaders and active contributors to society, through a number of strategic programs such as the “my skills, my future” strategic program, which aims to enhance curricula and align learning sources and methodologies with the skills and knowledge required to be mastered. The program also includes a project to prepare a comprehensive framework for twenty-first-century competencies and the “after school learning” project, which is an enhancement learning program that focuses on basic competencies and skills and the establishment of training camps.

Regarding the role of the strategy in supporting inclusive education and the programs that the ministry will work to implement within the framework of suppo
rting students with disabilities, Al Ruwaili pointed out that the strategy did not ignore students with disabilities, but rather included essential initiatives through which it aims to provide fair and equal opportunities for these students, and empower and integrate them into society. She noted that the strategic program “my special path” aims to draw a roadmap to improve support for inclusive education and its quality and develop the services provided to students with disabilities.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs to QNA: New Strategy Establishes Comprehensive Approach to Improving Education Quality -1-

Regarding the most prominent axes on which the MOEHE’s strategy 2024-2025 is based, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at the MOEHE Maha Al Ruwaili told QNA that they are represented in pre-primary education, education from grades one to twelve, post-secondary education, continuing education and the capabilities of the educational system. She noted that the goals it seeks to achieve are comprehensive goals for all areas of the educational process, including, but not limited to, access to high-quality education and improving the level of services provided by kindergartens and nurseries.

She added that the ministry also seeks, through its strategy, to support the digital learning process, stressing that excellence in digital education at all levels represents one of the main objectives of the MOEHE’s strategy. In that regard, she pointed to enhancing the digital skills of teachers and students and digitizing and managing educational content for all subjects and academic levels interactively and a
ttractively.

Al Ruwaili said that the strategy focuses primarily on the learner, ensuring that they have an integrated educational journey enhanced with experiences and skills throughout the different stages of their lives. The ministry also seeks to enhance the capabilities of students and enable them to be future leaders and active contributors to society, through a number of strategic programs such as the “my skills, my future” strategic program, which aims to enhance curricula and align learning sources and methodologies with the skills and knowledge required to be mastered. The program also includes a project to prepare a comprehensive framework for twenty-first-century competencies and the “after school learning” project, which is an enhancement learning program that focuses on basic competencies and skills and the establishment of training camps.

Regarding the role of the strategy in supporting inclusive education and the programs that the ministry will work to implement within the framework of suppo
rting students with disabilities, Al Ruwaili pointed out that the strategy did not ignore students with disabilities, but rather included essential initiatives through which it aims to provide fair and equal opportunities for these students, and empower and integrate them into society. She noted that the strategic program “my special path” aims to draw a roadmap to improve support for inclusive education and its quality and develop the services provided to students with disabilities.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Qatar Chairs 15th Meeting of Gulf Committee for GCC Unified Terrorist List

The State of Qatar chaired the 15th meeting of the Gulf committee for the GCC unified terrorist list, which concluded Monday at the GCC Secretariat General in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Member of the National Counterterrorism Committee Secretariat at the Ministry of Interior Major Yasser Ali Al Malik chaired the meeting.

The meeting discussed several topics on the agenda and made appropriate decisions.

Source: Qatar News Agency

QSTP Concludes Its Summer Training Program

Doha: Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), concluded its summer training camp program, which aims to instill the spirit of technological innovation and promote entrepreneurship among university students in Qatar.

The program enabled participants to gain valuable practical skills and experience, in addition to providing them with opportunities to communicate closely with various companies and startups hosted by QSTP.

The program, which extended for three months, starting last June, was able to attract more than 800 candidates, where 40 students representing six universities and 13 nationalities were selected to join the program.

Haifa Al-Abdullah, Director of Innovation at Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), said: “Developing basic technical skills and entrepreneurship, which enable young talents to impact society, has always been at the forefront of our priorities at Qatar Science and Technology Park,” noting that the new summer training program allows studen
ts to gain practical experience, connect with a group of leaders and experts in the sector, gain a deeper understanding of trends, and enhance technological practices.

The program also included organizing a series of distinctive summer workshops in which students from the summer training camp and startups based at Qatar Science and Technology Park participated, and included various topics, such as quantum computing, business models, and design thinking.

Among the experts who presented the workshops were Dr. Saif Al-Kuwari, Director of the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Naif Al-Ibrahim, CEO of “Ibtikar”, and Ramadan Al-Naimi, Founder of “Innovation CafĂ©”.

It is worth noting that the program was able to enhance knowledge and hone the skills of participants in the fields of innovation and technology, strengthen ties and relationships between participants, as well as improve efforts, strengthen cooperation, and instill a spirit of teamwork to solve problems.

Source: Qatar
News Agency

Iranian, Irish FMs Discuss Developments in Gaza Strip, Lebanon

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi discussed in a phone call Monday with Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Michael Martin the latest regional developments, especially in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

During the call, the Iranian Foreign Minister called for urgent and effective efforts to end the aggression on the Gaza Strip.

For his part, the Irish Minister stressed his country’s desire to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and exchange prisoners, in a way that allows the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian people inside the Strip, expressing his concern about the current escalation in the Middle East region.

The two sides also reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Issues Two Royal Orders to Reconstitute Shura Council and Council of Senior Scholars

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued two royal orders to form the Shura Council and reconstitute the Council of Senior Scholars.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that a royal order was issued Monday to form the Shura Council headed by Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Sheikh and 150 members for the next four years.

A royal order was also issued to reconstitute the Council of Senior Scholars headed by the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sheikh and 150 members, effective from September 4.

Source: Qatar News Agency