The Ministry of Education and Higher Education celebrated yesterday the conclusion of the first phase of Tamheen programme, which aims at qualifying non-pedagogical Qatari graduates to work in the teaching profession. A total of 23 female trainees attended the training.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, H E Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, congratulated all those responsible for the program on the achievement they have made in attracting the first group of female trainees, and their success in the first phase of the programme to move afterwards to the field training.
Dr. Al Nuaimi underlined that the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, represented by the Training and Educational Development Center (TEDC), is working hard to provide support for the trainees through providing the suitable competencies to give them the theoretical and practical training, as well as practicing the educational process at schools.
For her side, Director of Training and Educational Development Center, Hessa Al Ali, praised the accomplishments achieved in the first phase of the programme, and the Ministry’s support in this regard, as well as the cooperation of the partners — Mada Assistive Technology Center and the Teach for Qatar organization — in addition to those responsible for the programme’s planning and quality assurance, training, and supervising.
She added that the Ministry of Education and Higher Education aims to enhance and develop an effective workforce with a high level of qualification and training in the educating field.
She believed that the trainees will carry out a leading role at schools, urging them to be armed with scientific expertise which will enable them to succeed in the second phase of field training.
Meanwhile, CEO of Mada Center Maha Al Mansouri reviewed the objectives of Tamheen program which aims to spread awareness of the importance of education and digital knowledge, as well as keeping pace with the industrial revolution’s requirements which includes each of the student and the teacher, in addition to the educational environment, and the strategies and methods of teaching.
She stressed the importance of focusing on the student as the primary focus for the educational process, and developing the student’s skills to keep up with the technological qualifications and skills that the students of the 21st century are distinguished with.
Tamheen is a pioneering initiative launched by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, aiming at qualifying Qatar University graduates and attracting them to the teaching profession.
