Jaber Al Shawi, (left), Deputy Director of Public Relation and Communication; Khalifa Al Dirham, the Director of the Schools Affairs Department, and Fatima Al Ubaidali, Head of Activities and Events, at the press conference.
Under the theme of “With My Activities I Excel”, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education yesterday started registration of students for summer activities.
Invest your time, meet your desires and register to enjoy the educational, cultural and sports activities, said the Ministry urging students and parents to get registered and not to miss the chance.
Registration will continue until August 17, and activities will take place in eight centres distributed in different part of the country starting. The activities will start on July 16 and continue until August 17 said Khalifa Al Dirham, the Director of the Schools Affairs Department. Al Dirham told reporters during a news conference held yesterday at the Ministry’s headquarter, the summer programme targets students between the age of six to 18 years, and the daily activities in the centre will be between 10am to 1pm, Al Darhim added.
The registration is be open for all students including nationals and expatriates who are within the specified range of ages.
Students in each centre will be classified in accordance to their ages to perform the designated activities and they will not be forced to attend every day as the activities are voluntary, Al Dirham told The Peninsula.
A student will have the flexibility to choose activity of his choice from range of activities. The activity centres are expected to receive between 4,000 to 5,000 students throughout the summer activities period. Registration is open and will continue throughout the activities period, Al Dirham said, adding that there is no conflict between activities performed in these centres and the coinciding examinations of the second term. Parents need to transport their children to and from the centres where students will only be allowed to leave the centre by 1pm.
The aim of these centres is to provide with a set of activities varying between entertainment activities and educational, religious, science, arts, social and technology activities, said Fatima Al Ubaidali, head of activities and events at the Schools Affairs Department . The aim of this is to make students benefit from their extra times and enhance their skills and explore talents.
Protection of students from suing their free time in negative activities and make them invest their energy in useful and thoughtful activities activating the social roles of school embracing different activities that enhances parent involvement.
The Ministry has selected certain schools to serve as centres for summer activities covering all geographical areas of Doha. The eight schools selected to serve as centres include Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani for boys in Ain Khalid, Omer bin Al Khattab Secondary School for boys in Al Luqta area, New Al Rayyan Secondary School for Girls in Al Sailiyah, Hafsa Preparatory school for girls in Asalat Al Jadeed, Se maisema Secondary School, in Se maisema, Al-Shahania Preparatory and Secondary School for Girls in Al-Shahania , Al-Shahania Preparatory and Secondary School for Boys in Al-Shahania and Al Khor Preparatory School for Girls in Al Khor.
The Ministry launched last week in its social media account #With My Activities I Excel” to encourage registration and provided with registration forms in the specified centres along hotline which is 155.
