Schools across Qatar reopened on Sunday, welcoming back students of all grades and marking the launch of the new academic year 2025-2026. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) made extensive preparations, following weeks of intensive planning, before the reopening to ensure a healthy, safe, and motivating school environment.
Comprehensive maintenance was completed at 276 schools and kindergartens, covering classrooms, air conditioning, and school cafeterias in line with strict health and safety standards.
The school administrations have finalised class schedules, assigned students to classrooms, and ensured the distribution of textbooks and supplies.
A total of 2,510 school buses have been prepared, with plans to expand the fleet to 2,750, in addition to 190 minibuses dedicated to students with disabilities and support needs.
The MoEHE has opened 10 new government schools across different educational stages, providing 6,000 additional seats and recruited 1,124 new teachers. Its future projects include building 11 more new schools, besides adding classrooms in 35 existing schools, renovating 16 schools, and establishing a vocational education institute.
The curriculum this year will focus on strengthening national identity through updates to Islamic education and Arabic, modernising science curricula, and integrating STEM methodologies to promote applied learning. The planned partnerships include working with the Qatar Association of Accountants to design a financial literacy curriculum, and with the National Cybersecurity Agency to embed digital and cyber safety concepts into education.
Other initiatives include encouraging student participation in international competitions in research and innovation, introducing three-year-olds into the education system, expanding early childhood education, increasing inclusive education options for students with disabilities, and developing national standards for quality education.
The ministry continues to invest in professional training programmes for educators and school leaders, such as ‘Khibrat,’ ‘Leaders of Innovation,’ ‘Future Leaders,’ ‘Child Rights,’ ‘A Successful Start,’ ‘Tamheen,’ and ‘Tamkeen’.
Qatar has developed a modern, world-class educational system that delivers high-quality education designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to meet the demands and challenges of the future. In 2017, Qatar ranked first in the Arab world and ninth in the world on the Basic Education Quality Index, which consists of primary (six years), preparatory (three years), and secondary (three years) education, with a unique educational system.
Designing creative and inspiring schools that produce independent, confident, and self-reliant critical thinkers is driving education in Qatar. This push to build a world-class educational system aligned with international standards is crucial to Qatar achieving its national 2030 vision and transforming into an advanced society capable of achieving sustainable development.
