There's no point throwing money at universities and higher education - that's not where the problem is.
I agree, Nogourlay.
Qatar's education system is failing because time and time again it ignores that the real problem is in elementary education, both in the classroom and in the home. When we were children our parents spent hours each night reaching us the three R's to make sure that what was learnt at school was reinforced at home.
Unless solid educational foundations are created during early childhood, it is impossible for students to achieve overnight academic success.
This is just another example of the broader impatience that is so pervavise in this culture. Building world class universities isn't going to generate world class university graduates unless they were smart enough to get into them in the beginning.
There's no point throwing money at universities and higher education - that's not where the problem is.
I agree, Nogourlay.
Qatar's education system is failing because time and time again it ignores that the real problem is in elementary education, both in the classroom and in the home. When we were children our parents spent hours each night reaching us the three R's to make sure that what was learnt at school was reinforced at home.
Unless solid educational foundations are created during early childhood, it is impossible for students to achieve overnight academic success.
This is just another example of the broader impatience that is so pervavise in this culture. Building world class universities isn't going to generate world class university graduates unless they were smart enough to get into them in the beginning.