Qatar has the highest adult literacy rate in the Arab world
It has been revealed that Qatar has the highest adult literacy rate among the GCC countries at 97.8% for the year 2015.
According to a report called "GCC Education Industry” by Alpen Capital, the Qatari government has allocated QR20.4bn for the education sector, accounting for 10.1% of the total budgeted expenditure in 2016.
Gulf Times further quotes the report as “"A growing young population (more than 30% below 25 years of age), high disposable income, and government support makes the country’s education sector an attractive proposition for private investments”.
According to the 2015-2016 Global Competitiveness Report by World Economic Forum, Qatar was ranked second for the parameter of quality of higher education and training, and ninth for quality of primary education.
Alpen Capital said the country performed better than the other GCC nations in the competitiveness parameters for quality of education.
Nearly 840 K-12 schools in Qatar catered to more than 243,700 students in 2014, accounting for more than 90% of the students at all educational levels, it said, adding the number of students pursuing higher education crossed 25,000 during the year.
Overall student enrolments in the country grew at a compound annual growth rate of 7.2% during 2009 to 2014, registering the highest growth within the GCC, it said.
Qatar has a large number of private schools due to its high expatriate population. Of those enrolled at K-12 schools in Qatar in 2014, 139,870 students (57.4%) attended private schools.
Schools in Qatar are classified as independent schools (government-funded), international schools, community schools and private Arabic schools.
Although independent schools account for nearly half of the total schools operational in Qatar, the number of international schools has increased in the last few years.
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What a miss-guided title. Adult Literacy in Qatar is high, what is this based ? of the 2.6 million expats here, do you really think the 97.8% is accurate in the world of literacy?
This article really has little to do with literacy.
So, they have the second highest rate for quality of education, and yet it doesn't show in the PISA results. Maybe there is a difference between a first-class building and first-class teaching.
And yet, Qatar is the second worst performing country in the last PISA study. Something is fishy here.