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Qatar’s education council looks abroad to hire 1,500 new teachers

  • Lesley Walker
  • May 19, 2015
The teachers will be fast-tracked through immigration to fill vacancies at existing schools, and take up positions in some of the 22 new schools set to open across Qatar this fall.
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  • Life

Some 2,000 students in Qatar banned from taking exams due to absences

  • Lesley Walker
  • November 6, 2014
The move comes as part of the education minister's "discipline before education" initiative, in which the goal is to get parents to help improve attendance rates in Independent schools.
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  • Culture

Qatar teachers express anxiety about new ethics code

  • Lesley Walker and Riham Sheble
  • September 11, 2014
While some teachers support the new code of conduct, describing it as "very important and much needed," others expressed discomfort at the idea of opening up their private lives to extra scrutiny.
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SEC lists names of 15 new schools opening this fall in Qatar

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • August 11, 2014
The opening of nine new private schools and six kindergartens is hoped to alleviate some of the stress on Qatar's overburdened education system, which has been struggling to accommodate the growing needs of the population.
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Supreme Education Council: 13 new schools to open in Qatar this fall

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • August 7, 2014
Amid a school place shortage, some 22 more schools are supposed to open between October 2014 and May 2015, and several more kindergartens are expected to become operational by December, the SEC has pledged.
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SEC to hire 900 teachers to meet rising demand at independent schools

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • May 10, 2014
More than 36,000 people have already applied for the postings, according to the Supreme Education Council's Human Resources Director. Priority will go to qualified candidates in Qatar and those from select Arab nations.
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SEC reviews new ban on mid-year enrollment at some Doha schools

  • Victoria Scott
  • May 8, 2014
The restriction means that no children, whether currently in Qatar or abroad, are currently allowed to take up places in a new school partway through the school year, unless they are granted an exception by the SEC.
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Qatar to get first Finnish school as private education options expand

  • Lesley Walker
  • July 17, 2014
The Qatar-Finland International School is one of five new private schools scheduled to open this fall as part of efforts to meet rising demand for school places in the country.
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SEC to give parents and pupils a say in school fee increases

  • Lesley Walker
  • May 6, 2014
In an effort to create a "scientific and transparent" system, Qatar's governing education body will judge a school's petition to raise tuition by five new criteria.
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