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Qatar Foundation's (QF) Pre-University Education (PUE) has kicked off the 2019-2020 academic year with its fourth annual PUE Forum.
The event, which took place at Qatar National Convention Center, gave more than 1,000 PUE teachers and staff members the opportunity to network, share ideas, and build relationships.
Buthaina Ali Al Nuaimi, President, PUE, QF, welcomed attendees with an inspiring speech celebrating recent successes and welcoming the new academic year, which will see 5,000 students enrolled across 12 QF PUE schools. Al Nuaimi also highlighted that the upcoming year will mark the opening of two new PUE schools — Tariq Bin Ziad School and Academyati.
'To us, quality education reaches far beyond merely focusing on literacy, delivering content, providing excellent facilities, and producing impressive exam results, said Al Nuaimi. 'Quality education future-proofs our children by empowering them to be engaged, active, productive members of society, ready for whatever life holds. It embraces and celebrates their differences, and inspires them by challenging them. It places as much emphasis on their personal and cognitive development as their academic skills. It recognises that within every child lies potential — and devotes itself to ensuring that their potential is realized.
The event also served as an opportunity to recognise excellence through the annual PUE Awards, which work to build morale, motivation, and mutual respect among employees. The categories for this year's awards included ‘Exceptional Contribution to Collaboration across Schools', ‘Exceptional Contribution to Student Welfare', ‘Best Education Initiative', ‘Outstanding Teacher', ‘Outstanding Practitioner Academic', ‘Outstanding Practitioner Non Academic', and ‘Outstanding Student'.
Sandijs Baskevics, Lead Teacher, Awsaj Academy, said, 'I'm honoured to receive the award for ‘Exceptional Contribution to Collaboration across Schools'. Thank you to all the teachers and members of leadership teams from different QF schools that supported the idea to provide the opportunities for QF schools to meet on a regular basis and share their love for sports.
Discussing his role in founding the Qatar Foundation Schools Sports Association (QFSSA), he said: 'QFSSA influenced our students, as, by getting ready to represent their schools in the QFSSA competitions, committed to healthier lifestyles and developed new relationships and friendships within the QF community. I am looking forward to see the growth of this initiative!
Stuart Leeming, Executive Director, QF Schools, served as the keynote speaker, and, during his speech, congratulated all the award winners on their achievements, highlighted a number of recent successes, and encouraged the PUE community to continue striving for excellence.
PUE currently houses 12 schools and academic institutions in Qatar, and continually strives to nurture academic excellence and innovation.
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