The State Cabinet yesterday approved a draft Emiri decision to organise the Community College of Qatar (CCQ).
The draft decision will replace Emiri Decision No. 52 of 2011 regulating CCQ, to reorganise it by opening new specialisations to meet the demands of the job market and grant a bachelor's degree.
The draft defines CCQ as an independent entity of an academic nature for academic, technical and practical university education, and has a legal personality, an independent budget annexed to the general budget of the state, and based in the city of Doha, with the possibility of establishing other branches and setting their locations based on a decision from the college's board of trustees and with a suggestion from the president of the college.
CCQ aims to prepare specialist technical personnel who are academically and practically trained in fields that meet the needs of the community and the job market.
It also aims to qualify diploma graduates certified to complete bachelor's degrees at the college or at different universities as well as qualifying graduates with a bachelor degree to directly join the labor market.
The college aims also to offer continuous education programmes and application programme according to the needs of ministries, public institutions, and public and private sectors.
A board of trustees is in charge of college management, and comprises board president, a deputy that replaces the president in case of absence or position vacancy, and five to seven members with experience and high academic status.
Job affairs of the college's teaching staff are decided via a cabinet decision based on a proposal from the cabinet and the Minister of Education and Higher Education.
The cabinet also approved the application of provisions of Law No. 24 of 2002 on retirement and pensions on Qatari employers of Elan Decaux companies.
The cabinet ratified four draft agreements between Qatar and Turkey- a draft agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs , a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of higher education, a draft memorandum of understanding in the fields of youth and sports and a draft memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the energy sector.
The cabinet reviewed a memo from the Foreign Minister about a proposal to amend Article 12 of Law No. 14 of 1993 concerning passports. The meeting reviewed a letter by the Minister of Culture and Sports on a proposal to transfer the overseeing of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society from the Ministry to the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs.
