Ministry to expand academic counselling to more students

Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education will provide career counselling and academic guidance to all preparatory school students from this year, writes Sanaullah Ataullah for The Peninsula.

The initiative aims at connecting education outcomes with the job market. For this purpose, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has partnered with Qatar Career Development Center to train all academic guides and professionals in the selected schools.

Speaking during Qatar TV programme Al Khulasa on Saturday 3 September, the Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi said that academic and professional guidance is very important and at present it is available at secondary schools. She said that there are 34 higher education institutions operating in Qatar, offering 365 different academic programmes, a diversity that serves the needs of the labour market. “The only challenge that we are facing is the number of students being admitted in arts are more than those opting for the science stream,” said the minister. She said early professional guidance will help them to discover their talents and inclination to choose the right stream early on.
Full report on The Peninsula site