Minister calls for addressing new challenges in education

Minister calls for addressing new challenges in education

Learning losses resulting from Covid-19 pandemic and sustainable development goals seek global attention



HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint Ali al-Jabr al-Nuaimi, said that despite the progress made by Qatar in basic and higher education, and the recent reforms and commitments it made to improve learning processes and outcomes, "we must now, in light of the recent challenges that education faced in Qatar and the rest of the world, to move towards reviewing our plans and policies to discuss ways of transforming education in order to achieve the goals of the 4th goal of sustainable development and the comprehensiveness and quality of education, and to consider what should be changed, what should be strengthened, and what should be developed."

This came in a speech delivered by HE the minister at the opening of the national consultative meeting for Qatar in preparation for the Education Transformation Summit, which was organised by Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science and Education Above All Foundation, over two days, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

Holding the aforementioned summit comes in recognition that education is a human right