Ministry of Education organises Academic Guidance Forum – The Peninsula

Ministry of Education organises Academic Guidance Forum – The Peninsula

Doha: Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) held the Academic Guidance Forum aimed at offering information on the post-high school opportunities as well as the Government Scholarships Programme and the job market, yesterday.

Addressing the forum, the ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs Maha Al Ruwaili said that the forum comes within the framework of the Educational and Vocational Guidance Department’s relentless approaches to provide support and development for the male and female academic advisers to properly guide and prepare students for their university and future careers.

Al Ruwaili added that the forum will assist academic advisers at schools to inspire students and educate them about the variety of study disciplines offered by Qatari universities and colleges and the most needed specialisations and professions in the job market in a way that copes with their talents and potentials and directly contributes to the development of human beings as one of the mainstays of Qatar National Vision 2030.

She highlighted the importance of academic guidance in collaboration with parents and the ministry’s society partners on choosing the university major as one of the key challenges facing high school students and their families.

To face this challenge, Al Ruwaili said, the academic guidance process has