MoEHE concluded the first pilot phase of the project to enhance the enrolment of public and private school students in Qatar

The first pilot phase of the initiative to increase the enrollment of public and private school students in higher education institutions in the State of Qatar has been completed by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE). The ministry stated that the project, which was launched last September, would strengthen the country's joint responsibility with higher education institutions to encourage students from public and private schools to enrol in universities in the State of Qatar, so that both parties assume specific tasks and responsibilities, beginning with the current academic year (2022/2023).

According to MoEHE, one of the fundamentals on which the initiative is focused is having a long-term influence on school children. It covers two main axes, namely the knowledge axis, which is represented by the dissemination of reliable data and information regarding enrolment and scholarships in higher education institutions in the State of Qatar with private education schools and students, and the skills axis, which is represented by providing public and private school students with skills that support their success when they enter university, beginning at the secondary level.

One of the project's objectives, as per the ministry,  is to raise awareness of private school students about higher education tracks, academic programmes offered, scholarships, and internal grants in the State of Qatar, as well as to raise awareness of school academic advisors in higher education institutions, provide quality counselling services based on reliable data on the number of higher education institutions and their specialisations, and increase the number of higher education institution.

MoEHE reviewed the project's tasks and responsibilities, whether from its side or at the level of the educational institutions that participated in it, as well as the various programmes of the aforementioned two axes and the student class targeted by each of them, noting that 296 male and female students, 5 institutions of higher education, and 20 private schools from across the country participated in this phase.