Education Ministry issues first official identification card for licensed private tutoring teachers

Doha, Qatar: As part of its ongoing efforts to regulate the private tutoring sector and enhance the quality of educational services provided to studen...

Doha, Qatar: As part of its ongoing efforts to regulate the private tutoring sector and enhance the quality of educational services provided to students, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has announced the issuance of the first official identification card for licensed private tutoring teachers. 

This step comes within a package of regulatory measures aimed at organizing the activity and protecting the rights of students and parents.

The Ministry explained that the identification card is an official document proving that the teacher has obtained the approved license. It will be used as an authorized means of identification when providing private tutoring, whether in licensed educational centers or in homes, thereby reinforcing compliant practices and enhancing transparency in this supportive educational sector.

The issuance of the card serves several regulatory and educational objectives, most notably ensuring engagement only with licensed teachers who meet approved professional and academic requirements, strengthening parents’ and students’ confidence in private tutoring services, curbing unregulated practices and random lessons conducted outside the legal framework, and enabling regulatory authorities to swiftly verify the legal status of private tutoring teachers.

The Ministry expects that the implementation of the identification card system will bring about a qualitative shift in the organization of private tutoring by tightening procedures, limiting the provision of services to licensed and approved frameworks, raising teachers’ professional and ethical commitment, and reducing complaints related to unqualified or unlicensed teachers.