(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Sidi Mohamed I The Peninsula
DOHA: Al Jazeera Media Institute has trained about 28,000 trainees over the past 15 years, among them 14,000 Qataris, said Iman Ahmed Al Ameri, Deputy Director of Al Jazeera Media Institute.
'The Institute offers its media courses almost free to Qataris and the number of Qataris joining the institute has increased after the siege. The institute offers not only training courses, but also consultancy to many media organizations and channels not only inside Qatar but also outside country, Al Ameri said.
Al Ameri was talking to The Peninsula on the sidelines of 'Qatari Lecturer programme recently organized by The National Committee for International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Justice.
She added: 'There is an important initiative under which the Institute's curricula will be adopted by colleges in the Arab World which offer media studies programs. The meetings are being held with these colleges and it is expected to be matured by next year.
She said that under another initiative, Al Jazeera Media Institute will provide media training to World Cup 2022 security officers from January 2019 that would be one-year training course.
'The Institute also invites all distinguished media professionals from the Arab world to benefit from their experience and to transfer their experience to trainees. The Institute benefit from the research they are doing.
When asked whether the Institute provides free training courses, she said: 'It offers free training courses to media students in Sudan, Somalia, Palestine, Syria, Morocco among other countries.
'We are keen that the fee structure fits all trainees and there are online courses (e-Learning) available at the Institute at low fee costs inside and outside the country, she said replying to another question about the costs of the courses at the Institute.
Among the courses being offered by the Institute are TV Talk Show Presentation, Introduction to TV Presentation, and Video Production for Digital Platforms.
She said that the Institute's ambit was not only limited to offering courses rather it was a centre of research, knowledge and sciences. 'It has developed a lot of media sections in some ministries in Qatar and provided consultants to a lot of private channels.
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