Tuition
Gulf Times- 07-01-2016
SEC
The Supreme Education Council (SEC) is to launch a crackdown against private tuition from the second semester of the current academic year.
According to the local Arabic daily Al Arab, the campaign will prohibit private lessons and the promotion of the “phenomenon” with heavy penalties for people who would violate the rules.
The daily, quoting Hassan al-Muhammadi, head of the Communication Office at the SEC, said the penalties for offenders could be imprisonment up to six months and fines reaching QR100,000 or both.
Officers of the SEC will have the judicial authority to deal with any offence in this regard.
Al-Hassan said the measures are being taken to implement the new law for practicing of educational services in Qatar issued last September. He urged publishing houses and advertisement platforms to participate in the campaign by refusing to release any material that promotes and encourages private tuition.
According to the new law, the SEC has the authority to approve educational centres and issue sanctions against those who practice without permission. “Unauthorised private tutors will be targeted in the first phase of the drive,” al-Muhammadi said.
To curb the “unhealthy” practice, awareness campaigns through different media will be run to inform the residents about the new law, he said. The council has already started adding lessons and explanations on the SEC website so that students can study without the help of tutors.
In addition, special classes will be conducted at the schools for students who need help in some of the subjects. Blaming parents for the “laziness” of their kids, the official urged pupils to focus on their teachers in classes instead of depending on private tutors, a phenomenon which, he said, could have a negative impact on children
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acchabaccha: I would have to disagree with you. I have worked with and have many friends from India and Pakistan. Almost all have used tuitions for their children - especially near exam times.
In Riyadh, the Pakistani friends remarked that the teachers at their childrens' schools "expected" that the children will take tuitions from them in order to ensure success (take it as you read it)
In addition, I was told that some teachers were earning around 30k a month through tuitions
It looks as if the SEC was involved in too many Training Institutions which they authorize. Maybe they are afraid the private tutors will damage their 'business'.
Brit: I totally disagree with your view "Parents from Asian sub-continent countries are conditioned to believe that their children cannot succeed without tuition." I was never tutored at home, but some of my classmates were. It all depends on the child's ability to grasp everything taught in the class within the limited time that a period has. All children are not the same. It is the weaker ones that need extra attention and that comes at home, usually from tutors or from parents. Leaving aside the commercial side where some may have turned tutoring it into a money-making machine, dedicated, qualified tutors do offer much to their students. This is because private tutors have a face-to-face contact with his student, he gets to understand the student better than the class teacher and as such is much better aware of the child's weaknesses. This is where his role comes in and he plugs the shortfalls in learning. The student thus gets to follow better what is being taught at school. Secondly, the class teacher teaches a group and is unable to give special attention to those students who lag behind even if he desires to do so as that will hold back the progress of the class. Certainly, there may be other advantages of private tutoring. No one likes to pay a single extra riyal unless there is a genuine need for something.
WT, Exemption isn't an Example ........... !
"Detailed Description Of The Service
The Office of Professional Licenses grant teachers and school leaders senior management, middle and staff educational support professional license temporary Upon completion electronic registration to start then prepare the file professional accomplishment according to the professional standards of national teachers and school leaders on the one hand and policy office professional licenses, according to sections file brief career on the other hand."
This rubbish is from the website of the SEC. The mistakes in English are many. How can the "Supreme Education Council" dare to publish such nonsense? Here you have the supreme organization that "controls" education in Qatar. What do you expect?
"a phenomenon which, he said, could have a negative impact on children." Damn it, how could King Philipp of Macedonia allow Aristotle to privately tutor his son Alexander? Didn't he know that it would have a negative impact?
This law is another example of the idiotic politics of the SEC. Anyway, as per my information the SEC doesn't exist anymore!!
Parents from the Asian sub continent are conditioned to believe that their children cannot succeed without tuitions
Easier said than done . How will they identify and target these private tutors
And parents to focus on their lazy { clever } kids .......................
Ya, That's the key '' ........ pupils to focus on their teachers in classes '' ..............