Hassan Abdullah Al Mohammadi (left), Director of Public Relations and Media at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Saad Al Derham (second left), Director of School Affairs at the Ministry of Education; Abdul Latif Al Yafei, Director General of
DOHA: The Al Faisal Without Border Foundation (ALF) yesterday announced that the secondary Education Festival, organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, will kick off on March 21, at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC). The Education Festival will continue for five days.
This came during a press conference held yesterday at the Marquis Marriott Hotel in the presence of Abdul Latif Al Yafei, Executive Director of Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation, Saad Al Derham, Director of School Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Hassan Abdullah Al Mohammadi, Director of Public Relations and Media at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
The main goal of the fest is to reach the most important target group in Qatar, namely students, teachers, parents and interested individuals to become our partners in achieving Qatar National Vision 2030 said Abdul Latif Al Yafei, Executive Director of ALF.
After the great success achieved by the first festival, the Foundation has worked to attract the largest number of schools and entities to participate in the festival and we expect participation of more than 10,000 students, parents and visitors this year Al Yafei outlined. More than 150 government and private schools will participate from all levels of education and more than 180 workshops will be organised for teachers, students and parents, he added. The festival also included competition of (DI) and (OM), where more than 120 schools will take part he said.
This goal of the festival was achieved during the first festival where a total of 6500 students and visitors attended the festival with participation of more than 115 government and private schools. As well more than 2500 students took part in all competitions organised during the festival Al Yafei added.
Over 65 workshops were organised for teachers and parents. More than 2,000 participants participated in the workshops, in addition to the participation of 50 exhibitors in the exhibition accompanied the festival, and the number of visitors to the exhibition was 3000 visitors during four days Al Yafei stressed.
Ali Mari, Executive Director, emphasised that “ In this year we have more than 150 public and international schools participating in different programs provided by AlFaisal Foundation as well as programs provided by the different departments in the Ministry of Education, that’s in addition to more than 180 workshops and training sessions targets educators, students and parents, and more than 70 exhibitors and those interested in the educational sector in Qatar”. This year Education Festival is the result of strong strategic relationship and collaboration of the Ministry of Education and AlFaisal Foundation to bring the best to Qatar. In this year Festival will have more than 10,000 visitors he added.
Moreover, the Education Festival seeks to inspire students and motivate them to become the next generation of innovators and leaders.
Education outputs of the educational system in Qatar have reserved its place at the forefront regionally and globally. The Director of School Affairs at the Ministry of Education Saad Al Derham said the Ministry is taking part in all activities and competitions of the festival and has made full preparations.
