Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al-Thani (third left), the Chairman and Founder of AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation, and other dignitaries with students at the closing ceremony of the Second Education Festival.
DOHA: The Second Education Festival, organised by the AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation concluded yesterday with attendance of more than 10,000 visitors.
The event was organised in collaboration with The Ministry of Education and Higher Education and continued for five days at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC).
The closing ceremony was attended by Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, the Chairman and Founder of AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation, and Abdul Latif Al Yafei, Director-General of Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation.
More than 150 government and private schools from all levels of education participated in the event.
“The Foundation has succeeded in bringing together all the partners of the educational process under one umbrella, and providing educational outputs that will contribute to the development and realisation of Qatar’s national vision 2030.” Al Yafei said in his speech during the closing Ceremony.
He pointed out that the festival witnessed the attendance of more than 10,000 visitors, participation of more than 150 public and international schools and the presentation of more than 200 workshops for students.
Through the educational workshops and competitions which undoubtedly contributed to the development of the participants’ performance, as well as the exhibition accompanying the festival, which included more than 40 parties, which presented the latest means in the fields of applications of science, engineering, technology, arts and mathematics.
All these will contribute to raising the efficiency of the outputs of education.
For his part, Ali Mari, Executive Director of the Foundation said that “the performance of all the students the past five days was amazing, is an understatement. Their hard work, persistence, teamwork and critical thinking skills blew us all away. They made every inch of the QNCC buzz with energy and ooze with creativity.”
“This year the Education Festival brought some of the world’s biggest competitions around the world under one roof with very prominent and successful national competitions,” he added.
“At AlFaisal, we strive to make Qatar the capital of world class education, a place where scholars of all ages come together to celebrate knowledge. I believe that this week has been a leap in the right direction towards making our vision a reality,” he concluded.
