kiwinyc, the attraction of Doha College is quite simple really. If you can somehow get a place for your child in the primary school, then you are more or less guaranteed a place in the secondary as well. If you send your child to DESS, then everything is fine and hunkydory until the end of Year 6, but then what happens? Although a lot of DESS children go on to Doha College, I have the feeling that it is by no means automatic.
Sherborne does seem to have its positive aspects. The more good schools there are in Doha, then the better the choice for parents. It would also be interesting to hear from parents who have children at the International School of London.
It would be good if Qatar's Supreme Education Council could do something positive, once in a while, but really they are just too stupid and too lazy to do anything. That is why all of the best schools in Doha have non-Qatari teachers and non-Qatari principals. Instead, the SEC does its best to wreck the education of children who are attending international schools. For example, the SEC wants to increase the number of lessons of Arabic and Islamic Studies that all children must have. Neither Islamic Studies nor Arabic are part of the English National Curriculum, so children attending British-style schools should do not be compelled to follow the SEC's orders.
kiwinyc, the attraction of Doha College is quite simple really. If you can somehow get a place for your child in the primary school, then you are more or less guaranteed a place in the secondary as well. If you send your child to DESS, then everything is fine and hunkydory until the end of Year 6, but then what happens? Although a lot of DESS children go on to Doha College, I have the feeling that it is by no means automatic.
Sherborne does seem to have its positive aspects. The more good schools there are in Doha, then the better the choice for parents. It would also be interesting to hear from parents who have children at the International School of London.
It would be good if Qatar's Supreme Education Council could do something positive, once in a while, but really they are just too stupid and too lazy to do anything. That is why all of the best schools in Doha have non-Qatari teachers and non-Qatari principals. Instead, the SEC does its best to wreck the education of children who are attending international schools. For example, the SEC wants to increase the number of lessons of Arabic and Islamic Studies that all children must have. Neither Islamic Studies nor Arabic are part of the English National Curriculum, so children attending British-style schools should do not be compelled to follow the SEC's orders.