When it comes to educational institutes , there are as much as 163 SEC independent school ready to accommodate students in the upcoming 2010/2011 school year. The problem lies that many Qataris refuse to accept the recent reform in education as they think it's against their norms.It all started with an article published some years ago by a Kuwaiti Islamic intellect Abdulla Al Nufaisi who claimed that the reforms are all a plot by RAND CORP to westernize the Qatari Youth.
Many thinks that the transition to the new education system happened so fast & are worried that the students will lose their identity with the application of English as the main language for Science & math.
As i expressed in many different threads, it really saddens me that many Qataris rejects those reforms. Yet, complain that their offspring are deprived from having a proper higher education
Just last week SEC have announced the establishment of Qatar's Community college (Which will start its courses next September) to host Qatari students who've failed to get acceptance at EDC or QU
When it comes to educational institutes , there are as much as 163 SEC independent school ready to accommodate students in the upcoming 2010/2011 school year. The problem lies that many Qataris refuse to accept the recent reform in education as they think it's against their norms.It all started with an article published some years ago by a Kuwaiti Islamic intellect Abdulla Al Nufaisi who claimed that the reforms are all a plot by RAND CORP to westernize the Qatari Youth.
Here's an interesting article published yesterday in Wall Street Journal about recent educational reforms in Qatar;
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870424790457524008376098797...
Many thinks that the transition to the new education system happened so fast & are worried that the students will lose their identity with the application of English as the main language for Science & math.
As i expressed in many different threads, it really saddens me that many Qataris rejects those reforms. Yet, complain that their offspring are deprived from having a proper higher education
Just last week SEC have announced the establishment of Qatar's Community college (Which will start its courses next September) to host Qatari students who've failed to get acceptance at EDC or QU
http://www.english.education.gov.qa/section/sec/_community_college
still some are complaining that the college is co-ed & the curriculum is in English