Assistant Undersecretary for Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Maha Al Ruwaili underlined that summer centers are stations for refining talents and skills and investing time, as they provide purposeful and diverse reactional and educational activities, coordinated during the summer vacation in the activity centers affiliated with the Ministry, in order to invest the students leisure during the summer vacation.
In a statement to Qatar News Agency , Al Ruwaili noted the important role of summer camps in directing students’ energies and filling their summer with useful activities, while giving them the chance to entertain themselves after the hardship of an academic year.
She added that summer camps contribute positively to discovering talents, refining skills, and investing time; noting that this period of the year is sufficient for recreation, entertainment, and renewal of morale, and presents a great opportunity to reveal students’ talents and qualify them educationally, scientifically, culturally, socially and behaviorally, through targeted summer programs.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has recently launched the Summer Centers Program for the second year in a row. The program will continue until August 16 in a number of centers for boys and girls.
According to Al Ruwaili, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in cooperation with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, allocated (5) centers for male students and two centers for female students, located in various parts of the country.
She noted that the number of students registered so far on the electronic system and the actual registration in the summer centers has reached nearly (2000) male and female students in all different educational stages, including Qatari children and residents, as well as Qataris in private schools. These centers offer various and purposeful activities in all fields to meet the interests of students and fill their spare time.
The Assistant Undersecretary for Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education added that summer camps play a prominent role in directing the energies of students and their parents, filling their summer with fun and useful things, while giving them the chance for entertainment. Therefore, it is an opportunity for parents to participate, discover talents and communicate and for the benefit of the students.
She added that parents can coordinate with those in charge of the centers to participate in providing useful information to students through lectures, specialized workshops and useful lessons, according to the procedures followed in such cases; stressing the keenness of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to activate the educational and social role of parents.
Al Ruwaili appreciated the contributions of the parties participating in the activities of summer centers, in particular the Ministry of Sports and Youth, in addition to the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, the Department of Family Empowerment at the Ministry of Social Development and the Family, and other public and private state institutions, to present a number of sports and cultural activities and various competitions, in addition to public lectures and workshops to provide students with useful information and self-motivating practices.
Al Ruwaili mentioned in her statement to QNA the safety measures and arrangements adopted by the Ministry to ensure the safety and security of students during their summer activities, affirming that the Ministry attaches great importance to this aspect.
She added that the Ministry of Education and Higher Education gives priority for students of all age categories, because students represent one of the criteria by which society’s progress is measured.
Caring for students, whether in schools or summer camps, is caring for the future of the nation and the coming generations to develop their capabilities to face the challenges and requirements of the rapid developments in the Qatari march, she stressed.
In conclusion of her statement to QNA, Assistant Undersecretary for Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Maha Al Ruwaili underlined that summer centers have a positive role in discovering talents, refining skills, and investing time. They are systematic directions for developing skills, motivating student ideas and directing them to the right path, by consolidating national values and identity. Accordingly, summer camps are not simply events and activities, rather educational incubators that instill culture, knowledge, team work and cooperative spirit.
Source: Qatar News Agency