Expat students allowed admission in government schools in nine areas – The Peninsula

Expat students allowed admission in government schools in nine areas – The Peninsula

Doha: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has designated nine remote areas where expatriates working in private sector can register their children in government schools for the academic year 2022-23 if they are residing there, said an official.

“The government schools operating in Al Shamal City, Dukhan City, Al Karaana, Al Guwairiya, Al Zubra, Al Kharasa, Al Kaaban, Al Jamiliya and Rawdat Rashid are allowed to enrol children of expatriates working in private sector if they are residing in these areas for the next academic year,” said Education Adviser at the School Affairs Department at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Rashid Saad Al Mohannadi.

Speaking to Qatar Radio, Al Mohannadi said all government schools operating in these designated areas will accept boys and girls of expatriates except those in Rawdat Rashid which will admit only girl students because there are not enough seats in boys schools.

“A new girls school was opened in Rawdat Rashid which has enough seats to accommodate students,” said Al Mohannadi. He said that remote areas and villages were designated allowing expatriates working in private sector to admit their children because there are no private schools.

Al Mohannadi said that enrolling new students in government schools operating