(MENAFN- Gulf Times)
Education Above All Foundation (EAA) and the Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science recently facilitated a national dialogue on key priorities for education in Qatar.
As a result, participants developed a series of brief recommendations that will be presented to the General Secretariat of Transforming Education Summit during the dedicated pre-summit in Paris and the main conference in New York, planned for September.
Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, deputy chief medical officer and director of the Department of Medical Education at HMC
Over 50 stakeholders, including ministries, Qatar's governmental and non-governmental entities, academic institutions, private companies, local and international organisations, as well as teachers, parents, students and youth, gathered at the College of Islamic Studies of Hamad Bin Khalifa University for two days of discussions.
Education Above All Foundation hosted three panel discussions, covering 21st-century education transformations and goals, sustainable public financing, and inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools. Education Above All also led sessions on the role of education in sustainable development, as well as the importance of higher education in fostering new skills for the job market.
Education Above All's director of Operations, Arwa Mosaed, delivered the closing statement, which encompassed recommendations and proposals elaborated during workshops and consultations that will be used to develop a comprehensive report on Qatar's educational transformation and development.
Her statement mentioned the productive collaboration between local and international participants and emphasised the importance of holding consultations every year:“New ideas that emerged through creative co-operation, comprehensive thinking, and commitment towards results-oriented action are fundamental for the progress and achievement of our common educational goals.'
Several public sessions were held as part of the National Consultation, giving an additional platform to a variety of stakeholders, including ministries, the Planning and Statistics Authority and Qatar Foundation, parents of students and children, WISE, Ooredoo and Qatar Museums. Aimed at identifying priorities and setting goals beyond 2030, public sessions covered educational transformation in Qatar and the post-Covid recovery of the education sector. Participants also discussed the benchmarks and targets of national education and noted the digitalisation of the sector as the most significant recent trend.
The summit was attended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Ministry of Sports and Youth, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Labour, the General Administration of Endowments, Planning and Statistics Authority, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Sidra Medicine, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar National Library, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Teach for Qatar Foundation, Qatar Foundation/WISE, Qatar University, Community College of Qatar, Silatech, Qatar Finance and Business Academy, Shura Council members, Qatar Museums, Ooredoo, QNB, Qatar Airways and business incubators - Qatar Science & Technology Park and Qatar Green Building Council.
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