(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
DOHA: Qatar represented by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education will honour 100 senior teachers on the World Teacher's Day which will be observed on October 5 at Qatar National Convention Center. The event will be held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
One hundred teachers, who have spent ten years teaching in the government schools in the State, will be honoured during the celebration in recognition of their distinguished efforts, QNA reported.
Director of Teachers Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ahmed Jumaa Al Jassimani, praised the big positive role of teachers, as well as the attention paid by the State to teachers, providing them with the support and appropriate conditions necessary for performing the job perfectly.
He noted that the official celebration of the occasion will be accompanied by ceremonies at the levels of all schools in Qatar.
He underlined that Qatar is one of the developed countries in terms of the education system and the opportunities provided for students to receive education and achievement, noting that there is a teacher for every 12 students in the country, which is one of the best rates in the world.
He added that the number of teachers in public schools currently stands at 14,037 teachers, and that the Ministry is seeking to attract the national cadres and expertise to the teaching profession through the development of a system to attract and evaluate teachers and building national capacities in the field of education.
He referred to a number of programmes that provide the Ministry with teachers, including Tamouh programme and Teach for Qatar initiative, in addition to the graduates of Qatar University and those recruited from abroad whose number reached nearly 525 this year.
He also noted the cooperation with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to attract Qatari cadres in disciplines that are close to education to train them to join the profession.
He said that the patronage of Prime Minister and Interior Minister for this celebration annually reflects the State's great interest in the education system and the teaching profession.
The world has been marking the World Teacher's Day since October 5, 1994, in recognition of the teachers' important role in educating the generations of the future.
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