Private Home Tuition Illegal?
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
Anyone who spreards the knowledge must be compensated by the the person who gets the benefit ......... then nobody will object the arrangement ............... .....................
They have no plans!
Let us not interfere in the plans & procedures ................
"focus on their teachers in classes " and learn English with an Egyptian accent. As long as the SEC doesn't hire qualified teachers, who require a higher salary than what is offered currently, the level of teaching will remain low. The PISA studies of the past years have seen Qatar in the low ranks. Compared to the money they spend on vanity objects like malls and football stadiums the expenses for education are minimal.
most of the Royal Family hires private tuition and they are Officials of different branch of the Government. I hope they will regulate instead of banning. Relaying on Office salary is very difficult specially because we face issues on having high commodities, house rentals and ect. I hope they give Tutors a chance to register themselves and be legals.
nothing new, its been banned since i was in higher secondaries.. talking about nearly 1.5 decade back.