DOHA: Qataris can now take up teaching jobs in Independent schools even if they don’t have previous experience in the profession.
They have also been exempted from the requirements related to the minimum and maximum age that apply to teachers from other nationalities.
The relaxation in the rules is intended to attract more citizens to teaching profession as part of Qatar’s job nationalisation policy, a local Arabic daily reported yesterday.
The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has issued a statement, elaborating the new strategy, the daily said.
The SEC, in collaboration with Qatar University, has developed a special programme to train citizens for teaching jobs.
The schools can appoint fresh Qatari graduates as teachers who will then be trained under the new programme.
If qualified Qatari teachers are not available in certain specialisations, the schools are allowed to directly recruit teachers from abroad.
A recruitment programme has been developed to hire qualified teachers from countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Oman, said the daily.
Independent school operators will visit these countries to find the most qualified hands to raise the quality and standards of education in the country.
The SEC last year announced a major hike in the salaries of Qatari Independent school teachers to attract more citizens to the profession.
Teaching is still being considered a relatively low-paid profession in Qatar, especially when it comes to private schools.
The Peninsula
