Doha: Education Above All Foundation (EAA) has asked parents of school-age children, who are not enrolled in any school to fill in an expression of interest form to find right solutions for them.
“Are you a resident of Qatar and have a school-age child (6-18) that is currently not enrolled in any school? EAA's new platform aims to identify children in Qatar facing barriers to access education & the right solutions for them,” EAA tweeted.
The various barriers mentioned in the form are:
1) Financial barrier - In case, you do not have enough financial resources to enroll your child in an appropriate affordable school
2) Age barrier - In case, your child has never attended school, or has dropped out of school and is mentioned/considered to be over age by the schools
3) Child performance barrier - In case, your child has been removed from the school after having failed multiple times in the same grade
4) Transportation barrier - In case, you cannot afford to arrange, or are not able to provide, transportation to and from the school
5) Gender barrier - In case, you cannot identify or secure a seat in an affordable “Girls only” school
6) School capacity barrier - In case, you are unable to secure a seat in an affordable school due to limited capacity at affordable community/private schools
7) Special Needs / Illness - In case, your child has an illness or special needs that the schools are unwilling to accommodate
8) Language barrier - In case, your child cannot secure enrollment due to the language barriers at available schools
9) Process barrier - In case, you do not hold the necessary paperwork as per MoEHE’s specific requirements to secure an enrollment at any school or receive exemption at Government schools
The form can be accessed here https://educationaboveall.org/uploads/library/file/e7ad7e5268.pdf
