I have heard some horrible things about the Choueifat Schools and I have some serious doubts about the SABIS system. Colleagues who have taught at these Chewyfat schools have said that they would never want to teach there again.
Having said that, what real choice do parents have, when many of the schools in Doha do not bother to reply to telephone calls and e-mails? Or else parents are told, "The waiting list is full"?
Another little problem is that the traffic in Doha is getting worse and worse, so hard luck if the school you want for your child is on the other side of the city.
Is there a solution? Yes. Parents need to get organised and start their own schools. If parents are waiting for the existing schools to do something about this problem of the lack of school places, then my guess is that they will be waiting for a very long time. With the new developments that are happening in Doha, my guess is that the shortage of school places is only going to get worse.
I have heard some horrible things about the Choueifat Schools and I have some serious doubts about the SABIS system. Colleagues who have taught at these Chewyfat schools have said that they would never want to teach there again.
Having said that, what real choice do parents have, when many of the schools in Doha do not bother to reply to telephone calls and e-mails? Or else parents are told, "The waiting list is full"?
Another little problem is that the traffic in Doha is getting worse and worse, so hard luck if the school you want for your child is on the other side of the city.
Is there a solution? Yes. Parents need to get organised and start their own schools. If parents are waiting for the existing schools to do something about this problem of the lack of school places, then my guess is that they will be waiting for a very long time. With the new developments that are happening in Doha, my guess is that the shortage of school places is only going to get worse.