Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has honoured 87 private educational services centres for their contributions to the “Ataa Yasna Atharan” (Giving Makes an Impact) initiative, which provided free and discounted educational and rehabilitation services to around 2,900 students, helping ease financial burdens on families and promote community responsibility.
The recognition, organised by the Educational Services Centres Department under the Private Education Affairs Sector, covered 55 centres offering supplementary lessons and 32 centres specialising in education and training for persons with disabilities.
The ceremony was held at the ministry’s headquarters in the presence of Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs at MoEHE Omar Abdulaziz Al Namaa, Director of the Educational Services Centres Department Eman Ali Al Nuaimi, and officials, owners and managers of participating centres.
The centres received certificates of appreciation from Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Lolwa bint Rashid Al Khater in recognition of their contributions to supporting students and promoting values of giving and social solidarity.
The initiative aims to provide educational and rehabilitation opportunities for students whose families face difficulties in meeting the costs of such services. It also seeks to promote equal educational opportunities, support students with disabilities and expand community partnerships between the ministry and private educational services centres.
Addressing the ceremony, Al Namaa said the initiative embodies the values of solidarity and social responsibility by translating generosity into practical actions that make a tangible difference in the lives of students and their families. He praised the participating centres for voluntarily providing support, driven by their understanding of community needs.
The ministry’s role, he said, is to highlight and recognise these efforts and bring them together under the initiative’s umbrella, encouraging their continuation and expansion while strengthening the private sector’s role as an active partner in supporting the education system and serving society.
Al Namaa noted that the centres’ contributions went beyond providing educational services to helping students continue their learning and enabling students with disabilities to develop their skills, enhance their independence and participate more actively in society. He stressed the importance of building on the initiative’s experience to expand sustainable-impact programmes. “True giving is not measured only by what we provide, but by the opportunities we create, the lives we help change, and the impact that remains after us,” he said.
For her part, Eman Ali Al Nuaimi reviewed the initiative’s achievements and success indicators, explaining that it began through voluntary initiatives launched by educational centres as part of their social responsibility.
The initiative recorded participation from 94 percent of centres providing education and training for persons with disabilities and around 59 percent of supplementary education centres.
Services offered by centres specialising in education and training for persons with disabilities included speech and language therapy, behavioural modification, and the development of motor, cognitive, functional, sensory and social skills, in addition to vocational training and rehabilitation programmes.
The centres also helped provide employment opportunities for 21 persons with disabilities, supporting their
