Ministers of Education, Sports and Youth laud summer activities for students

Doha: Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi hailed the diverse activities of summer centres and the engag...

Doha: Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi hailed the diverse activities of summer centres and the engagement of students with their peers in those centres, which would definitely promote the students’ positive behaviours and advance their various skills and talents.

This came during an inspection visit by the Minister to the summer centre at Khalifa Secondary School for Boys to review the activities and programmes offered by the summer centres to students during summer vacation in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

She lauded the strategic partnership between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) and the Ministry of Sports in operationalising these centres, highlighting that the sublime objective of these centres is to encourage students to invest in their leisure time during summer vocation to optimally engage in beneficial activities.

For his part, Minister of Sports and Youth H E Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani underlined the importance of summer activities and their role to help young people flexibly handle the current requirements and diligently address the challenges, affirming that youth institutions in Qatar are proud of their records that abound with many supporting tools for the Qatari youth and empowering them through a social approach that includes them in the society and offers training opportunities, as well as support for summer and public activities.

The summer centres commenced their activities on July 1 and featured 1,109 participants from both genders in the first week activities, held in seven public schools.