Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced a new initiative to support its Qatari workforce in upgrading their educational levels.
One of Qatar’s National Vision 2030's key priorities is to invest in people by providing them high quality educational and training opportunities appropriate to each individual’s aspirations and abilities. Accordingly, QIB is aligning its business and human resource strategies contributing to the creation of financial experts benefiting the new programme participants as well as the Qatari banking system as a whole.
This initiative comes as part of QIB’s Board of Directors and its executive management commitment to nurture local talent and support the national economy. QIB’s Educational Scholarship Program covers three levels of education offering participants the possibility to continue with their studies and obtain a diploma in collaboration with local universities and institutes, a Bachelor's degree or a post-graduation degree (Master's) in collaboration with local and international universities. It is a long term program for all QIB national staff to be implemented in several waves over the next few years.
Commenting on the programme’s launch, Bassel Gamal, QIB’s Group CEO said: “As with all QIB’s initiatives, this programme is tailor-made to meet the needs of the society we are operating in. We are sincerely pleased to be able to offer to our existing employees, access to high-quality education and support the enhancement of their current skills and the development of new ones. Our people are our most valuable resource and their knowledge and expertise play an important role in supporting our customers’ financial goals and achieving customers’ satisfaction.”
The new Educational Scholarship programme is also expected to contribute to improved workforce planning in the Bank.
