DOHA: Academics and experts from Qatar and across the globe are attending the first International Conference on Education 2015 opened at the Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday.
The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is also the chairman of the Supreme Education Council (SEC) opened the conference being organised by the SEC in collaboration with Qatar University’s College of Education under the theme “Partners in Excellence.”
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Minister of Education and Higher Education and SEC Secretary General H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi, said such conferences are fundamental pillars for the development and dissemination of knowledge and an opportunity for exchange of expertise and experiences among different segments of the educational process.
He stressed that the conference is a platform to exchange experiences and practices in various areas of educational work through an elite group of educators meeting to discuss experiences and recent global trends in education and to brief the world on the educational renaissance and achievements in Qatar.
Qatar in its quest to achieve its National Vision 2030 looks forward to building an educational system that compares to the international ones, meets the needs and aspirations of the Qatari community, works to consolidate values and traditions of the Qatari society and preserves its heritage, and encourages young people’s creativity and innovation and capacity building, the minister added.
Qatar University President Dr Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad said the conference has attracted researchers and experts at the international and regional levels, expressing her pleasure with the partnership with SEC for the event.
Qatar University has an experience in fruitful work with the education community based on a close partnership, active, continuous and constructive dialogue, which reflects the basic strategies and achieves great impact and sustainable success,
Dr Al Misnad said.
She stressed that the stakeholders now need to work together in a genuine partnership system on the ground and to take advantage of each other’s strengths to bring about a generation of educational pioneers and their ambassadors.
Since its inception, she said, the College of Education undertook to assess the changes in the educational field and then respond promptly to meet demands and requirements by introducing and developing innovative high-quality academic programmes as well as scientific research, training and awareness activities. After the opening session,
Dr Al Hammadi opened the student research fair, in which 64 independent and private schools took part to present research in scientific and literary fields. The minister and guests at the conference toured suites, exhibition sections and were briefed on its objectives and contents.
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