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SEC School Evaluation Office in the Evaluation Institute concluded a training workshop for private schools on how to prepare self-evaluation studies for the National School Accreditation. The workshop was held in hotel “La Cigale” in the presence of representatives of 61 private schools.

The Supreme Education Council organized a road trip for the outstanding Qatari students who achieved the highest grades in the 2010/2011 QCEA. Accompanied with their parents, the students went for a trip in a quest for truffles.

The Supreme Education Council issued a Decree that Arabic should be the official teaching language at Qatar University. The Decree states that students will be directly admitted in all Arabic-taught programs starting from Spring 2012 without the need to study the Foundation Program, providing that the University should consider including subjects successfully completed by students in the Foundation Program into the University requirements.

Scientific Research Department in SEC’s Education Institute has launched a scientific research blog to promote the culture of scientific research among students and to raise their skills in the field.

SEC Evaluation Institute has issued the new version of Qatar Comprehensive Educational Assessment mechanisms and controls in order to assist examination officials and supervisors into a legal, decisive and correct decision-making on whether students should pass or fail the exams according to their academic performance level.
To view the new version of mechanisms and controls (Arabic version), click here.

During a press conference hold in Monday 16th of January, 2012, Ms. Amal Al-Kuwari, Director of SEC’s Information Technology Department, revealed a number of projects that SEC has enabled for the past few months. These projects concern “e-Education” and the use of technology in the field of education.

His Excellency Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council addressed a speech today at Education World Forum and BETT 2012 held in London, UK. His Excellency highlighted Qatar’s experience in developing the education system and introducing advanced technology as a means to support Learning.
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The jury committees for Education Excellence Day Awards (EED) have launched the procedures to examine the documents and applications prior to the selection of the EED winning candidates. The procedures will follow criteria and standards set by the organizing committee of the EED Awards. The jury committees will submit their final report to His Excellency Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Chairman of the Award Board of Trustees, Minister of Education, by February 2nd, 2012.

In cooperation with the “Al-Sharq newspaper”, the Evaluation Institute recently held a symposium on “Tools and Methods for Education Evaluation: Agreement and Disagreement”. The symposium was a ground to discuss a manifold of issues related to the methods and tools for an effective education assessment.

HE Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council, has decided to establish a committee to verify schools’ compliance to the regulations issued by the Council, which cover all the procedures and policies for extracurricular activities.