Qatar’s Education ministry approves tuition fee hike for 28 schools in the country
Tuition fees for some schools in the country are set to go up after Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education approved the request yesterday.
The Ministry has allowed 28 schools and kindergartens to increase their tuition fees for the 2019/2020 academic year, reported Gulf Times.
A total of 126 schools had applied for an increase in their fees.
There are a total of 287 private schools and kindergartens operating in Qatar.
The fee increase in schools and kindergartens range from 3 to 10%, said Hamad Al Ghali, Director of Private Schools Licensing Department at the Ministry.
He also explained the process through which schools had to go through before being approved, according to The Peninsula.
The ministry looked at reasons such as the school’s need for financial support, improving the academic and educational impact, fiscal deficit despite the school’s commitment to operational capacity, change in the school building, move to another school building and change in rental value.
The other schools failed to get the tuition fees they applied for due to several reasons. It included failure to attach three financial statements required to examine the schools’ financial performance, that the decline or lack of profits was a result of poor management rather than low fees, or due to the inaccurate or incomplete data among other reasons, reported Qatar Tribune.
Moving on, Al Ghali said registration for the new academic year would run from March 3 to October 17, 2019. The deadline for registering students coming from abroad will end on January 31, 2020.
Students eligible for kindergarten must be born before September 30, 2016. As for primary education, students must be born before September 30, 2014, said another report in Qatar Tribune.
These are the schools that have been granted permission to increase their fees between 3 and 10%.
1. Al Mujtama Primary, Preparatory and Secondary School - Girls
2. Al Falah Primary School - Boys
3. Iqra English School for Boys
4. Al Noor Language Kindergarten
5. King's College Doha
6. Bhavan's Public School - Al Wakrah
7. Bhavan's Public School - Old Airport
8. Bhavan's Public School - New Salata
9. Braem Al Khor KG School
10. Step One Kindergarten
11. Al Kholoud International Kindergarten
12. Lebanese School
13. Oxford English School
14. Al Hammad International Developed School
15. English Modern School Al Khor
16. Cairo Kindergarten
17. GEMS American Academy
18. Shantiniketan Indian School
19. Ideal Indian School
20. Sudanese School
21. Al Noor Language School (educational coupons)
22. New Generation Kindergarten
23. Bright Future International School
24. Educare Academy
25. Cairo Private School - Girls
26. Cairo Private School - Boys
27. Noble International School
28. Bangladesh Mashhoor Ul Haq Memorial High School
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Akin, You are doing it for you only, for your kids only, it is your own decision.
You may leave your kids in your home place neighbour scool, that will very very cheap , yea, really, you will be able to save those 50%.
Your income will DOUBLE instantly, Good idea in a way .......
@Daniel Schriefer, I would gladly receive the offer if given....Lol. Honestly, being a low income earning who prioritizes good education, I spend almost 50% of my income on educating my kids here, it's killing!
@Daniel Schriefer, I would gladly receive the offer if given....Lol. Honestly, being a low income earning who prioritizes good education, I spend almost 50% of my income on educating my kids here, it's killing!
@Daniel Schriefer, I would gladly receive the offer if given....Lol. Honestly, being a low income earning who prioritizes good education, I spend almost 50% of my income on educating my kids here, it's killing!
@Daniel Schriefer, I would gladly receive the offer if given....Lol. Honestly, being a low income earning who prioritizes good education, I spend almost 50% of my income on educating my kids here, it's killing!
@Daniel Schriefer, I would gladly receive the offer if given....Lol. Honestly, being a low income earning who prioritizes good education, I spend almost 50% of my income on educating my kids here, it's killing!
Exactly MM.
Every one is happy now ...........................
hantar17, if you want to have free education, including university, you'd have to come to Germany. There are no tuition fees because the state runs and finances the whole education system from taxes. In Qatar, education is a business and people pay no taxes..
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
schooling should be a birth right for every child..
It was a long pending issue, thanks , now its resolved , Well done ...... ............ Yea, Really .........................