The members of the Shura Council inquired as to whether the Ministry of Education and Higher Education offers any rehabilitative programmes for teachers recruited from abroad to entrench national values and identity, with an emphasis on the community’s privacy and religious and cultural legacy, underscoring the importance of evaluating these programmes, if any, along with their effectiveness and commitment of schools to them, particularly private schools.
Shura members noted that such programmes should introduce the culture and identity of the Qatari community to ensure the educational process aligns with the national trajectory.
Having deliberated on this matter, the members of the council stressed the importance of incorporating relevant provisions into the agreements concerning the recruitment of teachers from abroad, compelling them to internalise the community’s culture and respect its identity, underlining that such agreements should be reviewed to ensure equilibrium between safeguarding national identity and capitalising on global talents.
Having confirmed that the discussions concurred in achieving the balance between cultural openness and safeguarding national identity, with an emphasis on teachers’ role in bolstering the community’s values and culture, the council decided to refer the public discussion request to the Education, Culture, Sports, and Information Affairs Committee to be thoroughly scrutinised, in terms of the overall aspects and submitted to the council accordingly.
The session continued, during which the council approved a bill concerning the national emblem and referred it to the esteemed government, following a review of the report from the Committee on Internal and External Affairs and a discussion of its details by the members of the council.
In addition, the council deliberated on a report regarding the visit of Shura Council’s Qatar-Georgia Parliamentary Friendship Group to the Parliament of Georgia in September 2024, as part of strengthening bilateral ties.