DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education celebrated on Sunday the graduation of 150 female teachers from the ‘Good Start’ initiative and the ‘Tamheen’ programme.
The graduation ceremony was attended by Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi, and the Head of the Civil Service and Governmental Development Bureau HE Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education HE Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi stressed the importance of such programmes in preparing and qualifying newly graduated teachers to become active players in the educational process in the State of Qatar.
He pointed out that in addition to the Good Start initiative and the Tamheen programme, there are other similar initiatives and programmes such as the ‘Tomouh’ programme, ‘Tamkeen’ and ‘Educate for Qatar’, stressing their importance and role in providing the ministry with about 300 Qatari teachers annually.
He said that despite the importance of all this, the ministry needs more teachers and that it is indispensable to seek the help of teachers from outside the country or from the children of residents, with the opening of schools in the future, including about 14 schools for the academic year 2024/2025.
Dr. Al Nuaimi congratulated everyone on the imminent start of the new academic year 2023-2024, stressing that the ministry has made all arrangements and preparations for its launch so that it will be a successful year of achievement, diligence and perseverance.
Iman Salman Al Muhannadi, Director of the Educational Training and Development Center at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, delivered a speech at the beginning of the graduation ceremony, in which she indicated that the ‘Successful Beginning’ initiative, which celebrates the graduation of its first batch, is concerned with training new teachers by providing all kinds of professional, moral and academic support.
What they need at the beginning of their professional career, while the Tamheen programme, which is organised in cooperation with the Bureau of Civil Service and Government Development, and its graduates today represent its fourth batch, Qatari graduates without an educational qualification, by qualifying them to occupy the position of teacher.
She considered the programme pioneering, as it aims to encourage Qatari graduates and attract them to the teaching profession, and provide an opportunity for everyone who is passionate about it.
Al Mohannadi stressed that interest in human development is one of the most prominent pillars of national development and Qatar National Vision 2030, which the ministry, represented by the Training and Educational Development Center, seeks to translate into reality and tangible impact, through a set of pioneering quality training programs that contribute to improving the quality of the educational system in Qatar.
At the end of the ceremony, HE Dr Al Nuaimi and Maha Al Ruwaili, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, honoured the graduate teachers and mentors of the Good Start initiative and the supporting entities.
