DOHA: Assistant Under-Secretary for Educational Affairs in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Fawzia Abdulaziz Al Khater, praised the directives of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani on increasing the allowances of “Tomouh” scholarship programme.
This increase goes in line with the State’s direction to attract Qatari talent and cadres in the field of education and teaching profession in particular, as well as encouraging Qataris and Qatari document holders to join this programme, she said.
Fawzia Al Khater said in a press statement yesterday that the ministry is keen to attract more qualified cadres to the teaching profession, through the “Tomouh” programme, in which Qatari cadres constitute the core.
The programme also provides an opportunity for qualified Qatar born and children of Qatari women to enrol in educational disciplines and thus meet the needs of the labour market in these fields, Al Khater added.
She stressed that “Tomouh”, which has been implemented for more than five years by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and Qatar University through the Faculty of Education, has contributed to attracting more Qataris to education disciplines.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education launched the “Tomouh” programme, in order to meet the needs of government educational institutions of educational jobs, and to contribute to the Qatarisation of various scientific disciplines. Tomouh has been listed as one of government scholarship programmes.
