Qatar & illiteracy

you know why? because of the new international system in qatar academy, many people are kicked out. most of these students either go to Doha collage, Aljazeera academy or gulf english school.

you know why? because of the new international system in qatar academy, many people are kicked out. most of hese students either go to Doha collage, Aljazeera academy or gulf english academy.

Hey, I was a student at Doha College too - graduated in the mid 90s. I loved my school years but I heard that standards have dropped and it has become really over-crowded with huge waiting lists... sorry to paint a morbid picture Winnie..

Back in the 80's(now every one will know my secret identity!!).lili.

Lilipink, when were you at Doha College? My kids went there and we had many friends who were teachers there.

Does anyone knows anything about a school named global academy

I was a student in the doha college and it was great..

.lili.

Tata Thanks. Good to hear that about Doha College. Now all I have to do is to find out who I have to sleep with to skip the waiting list.

Ha ha

LOL

Honest...

Fret not Winnie. Your kids, I assume, will be going to an International School. Doha College has a good reputation. It's staffed by mainly western expat teachers earning expat wages and getting expat perks The standard is certainly a lot better than the state schools in England and you don't get yobs there. Most of the kids that go there are generally from professional families.

The guys in this forum are talking about the local schools staffed by expat Arab or West Asian teachers.

Winnie

I am now worried as I had planned to continue my teaching career eventually, after having settled in kids etc. The situation looks bleak. I had thought that England was the only country that undervalued teaching as a pofession and that the moving to Qatar would mean my profession would finally be treated with some respect.

Equally concerned with the idea that my children might receive a sub standard education - something else I thought I was leaving behind in England. Does Doha College come under this catagory? Or are the International schools on a different par?

Hey Jenni,

Your comment "I do not know nothing....."

Just being humorous.

Keep smiling

Angelo :)

I was just curious to know if the European schools or the American school of Doha is a good school. I do not know nothing about the Qatar educational system, but I am trying to learn more and more about Qatar because my family and I will be moving overthere real soon.

Thanks for and advice

So Qatari women can't teach males above the 3rd grade. Who teaches in the Science schools? Who teaches in the new independent high schools? Do Qatari men want to be teachers? If not, why not?

Is the pay for teaching comparable to other professions in Qatar, not according to the pay scale published in the paper. If we did a survey of 100 female students and 100 male students from the science and independent high schools, how many would say that they wanted to be a teacher. They might end up there if the can't work for QP or one of the Ministries but how many want to be a teacher?

I am not attacking Qatar but someone has to see the real world and deal with facts, at this point Qatar does not have a strong education system in place.

helloqatar.

I don't agree with you about teaching being undesirable for Qataris and low paid....on the contrary....teaching is the logical employment for alot of women who would not be allowed to work otherwise (because of various customs), because teaching is a female oriented job....it provides Qatari women with a female inviroment acceptable in local culture....Qataris are also paid more ( they have extra financial benefits).....

i speak of girls schools and grades K-3 for boys.....i honestly have no idea what it's like for men.

Too much money and no motivation ( the latter is a result of the former) is just the way Qatar is at the moment....it is a young country and abit surreal and apart from the rest of the world in the sense that it doesn't have the full spectrum of human condition......It will soon catch up with the world though ....give it time.lili.

Lilipink, Did you not notice the test scores, the govt schools were below all other types of schools. Till they fire the present teachers, start over with trained teachers and value Education, nothing will change. How many Qatari students want to be teachers, Education is not a valued or honorable profession in the eyes of the Qatari people.

Being a teacher is for low paid expat types that they bring into the country, not for a Qataries, they only want to be in charge.

on the present cycle of 20 new independent schools a year, 2015 to 2020 might see a better education system. Why do you think the Qatar Foundation has looked outside the region for better higher education, it would take too long to grow in inside the country. Why do you think the Arab Expat Scienist don't stay here?

Till someone admits to the problem and fixes it, it will always be a problem.

Whose fault is too much money and no motivation?

I would just like to inform u from personal experience that money is being poured into schools...especially independent schools.....The goverment is not sparing anything.... they have the resources and the academic advisors.

In my personal opinion the problem lies in having too much money and no motivation to learn.

.lili.

Would you believe that local people don't know they have a problem with their Education system.

They also don't seem to care that if they were fixing it today, it would take most of 12 years to see a change.