New decisions on staff, working conditions and licensing fees for nurseries in Qatar issued

Fee for issuing and renewing nursery license set at QR1,000 Doha, Qatar: As part of its efforts to ensure the efficiency of nurseries, develop them...

Fee for issuing and renewing nursery license set at QR1,000

Doha, Qatar: As part of its efforts to ensure the efficiency of nurseries, develop them and improve the level of their services, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has issued a number of ministerial decisions related to all nurseries in the country.

The new decisions included classifying the types of nurseries, the qualifications and experience required for their workers, the conditions and controls that must be available at nursery headquarters, and determining the licensing fees for establishing and renewing nurseries.

In this regard, Omar Al-Naama, Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, said: “The new decisions are in line with the Ministry’s strategic directions and objectives aimed at developing the early childhood stage and improving the services provided to children at this important stage of their lives, by ensuring the quality of nurseries, providing the appropriate environment to prepare children educationally, psychologically and educationally, and increasing family awareness of the importance of the education stage from an early age.”

The ministerial decisions specified the classification of nurseries and the qualifications and experience required for their workers. The Ministry pointed out the three main types of nurseries, which are: day care nurseries, which specialize in providing childcare services to meet the needs of working parents; care and education nurseries, which specialize in providing day care services and teaching children basic skills such as language, reading, writing and arithmetic; and specialized nurseries, which provide day care and education services for children with disabilities and learning difficulties through the implementation of special programs that develop their abilities and enhance their growth according to modern tools and methodologies.