QF PUE schools offer cross-registration to personalise education

  • Date: 16-Sep-2022
  • Source: Gulf Times
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Qatar
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QF PUE schools offer cross-registration to personalise education



One of the unique initiatives of Qatar Foundation's (QF) Pre-University Education (PUE) schools is the open campus project under which students from Qatar Academy Doha (QAD) and Qatar Academy Sidra (QAS) are able to take a class at one of QF's schools in a great opportunity to experience university life and personalise education.

Through the initiative, Grade 11 and Grade 12 students from QAD and QAS are now taking their classes at the new Education Development Institute (EDI) building, where they will have access to courses that might not have been offered at their school.

QAS director Carolyn Parker explained that students are now able to access a wider selection of courses, have access to both global and local perspectives around relevant issues, engage in more service-learning opportunities, and continue to be taught by high-quality teachers. "We continue to support individual learning pathways to support success for all of our students,” she added.

Anna Byrne, Grade 12 level manager and teacher of MYP and Diploma Design and Technology, QAD, noted that merging expertise across both schools is huge for the students of both QAD and QAS. “It will give the opportunity to use facilities that they may not have access to