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The Supreme Education Council (Arabic: المجلس الأعلى للتعليم, abbreviated SEC) is a Qatari government agency responsible for education in Qatar. It was established in November 2002. It is responsible for overseeing and directing the education system in Qatar and, subsequently, all of the country's independent schools. [1]
The educational system in Qatar is now based on three stages: primary (6 years), preparatory (3 years) and secondary (three years). The law also authorized the establishment of kindergartens from the age of four years. [3] More than 5,000 Qatari students graduate from high school per year.
The 1970s and 80s saw St. Joseph's College rise to the demands of socially oriented education. It offered a tuition-free evening high school for urban poor youths and established a grant-in-aid program for qualifying poor students. [1]
Texas A&M University at Qatar; Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar [15] Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar [16] City University College [17] German University Qatar [18] University College London Qatar (UCL Qatar) [19] [2010-2020] MIE-SPPU Institute of Higher Education (Savitribai Phule Pune University's Qatar Campus) [20] OUC, Qatar [21]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) is a Qatari ministry tasked with developing the country's communication and information technology sector. . Its establishment was announced by a then-new cabinet in June 2013, as an extension of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology that was established under Emiri Decree Law no. 36 of 2
The school was given government recognition in 1949. [3] During 1950 to 1951, the Columban Fathers and Sisters from the Missionary Society of St. Columban of Ireland took over the management of the school, with Rev. Fr. Joseph Coneely as the director and Sister Mary Consuelo as the principal. [ 4 ]
The College enrolls over 1,400 students with a staff of over 85. The school is a non-fee levying school, whereby it receives some state funding, relying mostly on funds from an extensive network of alumni worldwide. [4] School buildings cover 7.3 hectares (18 acres) and include a College chapel, and auditorium.
Upon entering Year 7, all boys attending St Joseph's are assigned a house. There is a house captain and vice for each house. The houses compete for the Adam Bryant Memorial House Competition Shield, awarded in memory of Adam, a student between 1982–1992 and former House Captain at St Joseph's College, who died as a result of a car accident in ...