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Doha
Some private schools, especially community schools, will be allowed to run two shifts in the coming academic year to accommodate more students, according to a top Ministry of Education and Higher Education official.
Hamad al Ghali, Director of Licensing of Private Schools at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, said the two-shift (morning and evening) system will be implemented under certain conditions, the most important one being that fees for evening shift should be equal to or less than that of the morning shift.
There is an acute shortage of school seats in many community schools and to accommodate the growing number of students the ministry decided to allow two shifts as it is a common practice in many countries, reports local Arabic daily Al Sharq.
It’s important to submit the schedule of the evening shift to the ministry to ensure its compliance with the approved teaching days (minimum of 180 school days). The system can be implemented only for primary, preparatory and secondary levels as no country applies this system to the kindergarten stage, the official added.
In addition, schools wishing to work on the two-time system will be required to register at least 80 percent of the students from the same community and apply for a licence from the administration.
Schools teaching Indian and Pakistani curricula and schools of Tunisian, Egyptian and Filipino communities are currently being considered for the two-shift system.
Ghali said the Ministry has received 57 new applications for license to operate private schools during the academic year 2019-20.
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Doha
Some private schools, especially community schools, will be allowed to run two shifts in the coming academic year to accommodate more students, according to a top Ministry of Education and Higher Education official.
Hamad al Ghali, Director of Licensing of Private Schools at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, said the two-shift (morning and evening) system will be implemented under certain conditions, the most important one being that fees for evening shift should be equal to or less than that of the morning shift.
There is an acute shortage of school seats in many community schools and to accommodate the growing number of students the ministry decided to allow two shifts as it is a common practice in many countries, reports local Arabic daily Al Sharq.
It’s important to submit the schedule of the evening shift to the ministry to ensure its compliance with the approved teaching days (minimum of 180 school days). The system can be implemented only for primary, preparatory and secondary levels as no country applies this system to the kindergarten stage, the official added.
In addition, schools wishing to work on the two-time system will be required to register at least 80 percent of the students from the same community and apply for a licence from the administration.
Schools teaching Indian and Pakistani curricula and schools of Tunisian, Egyptian and Filipino communities are currently being considered for the two-shift system.
Ghali said the Ministry has received 57 new applications for license to operate private schools during the academic year 2019-20.
See also page 6 ?
