Ministry to expand academic counselling to more students – The Peninsula

Ministry to expand academic counselling to more students – The Peninsula

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education will provide career counselling and academic guidance to all preparatory school students from this year, Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi has said.

The initiative aims at connecting education outcomes with the job market.

For this purpose, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has partnered with Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC) to train all academic guides and professionals in the selected schools.

Speaking in a Qatar TV programme ‘Al Khulasa’ yesterday, the Minister said that academic and professional guidance is very important and at present it is available at secondary schools.

To a question about the response of students to the initiative, she said: “Following the Ministry’s strategy in this regard, we held a number of workshops on this topic where a large number of students participated. This has been one of their demands.”

She said that there are 34 higher education institutions operating in Qatar, offering 365 different academic programmes, a diversity that serves the needs of the labour market.

“The only challenge that we are facing is the number of students being admitted in arts are more than those opting the science stream,” said the Minister.

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