Doha, December 09 (QNA) - The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) announced the launch of the Community Responsibility Project for private schools and kindergartens, offering a total of 2,939 educational seats contributed by participating private institutions.
The initiative aims to promote equal educational opportunities, support eligible families, and enable students at various stages to access high-quality, specialised education.
The project includes a variety of seats: free, discounted, fully accessible for students with disabilities, and seats for Qatari students through educational vouchers. Some schools also offer fully free evening classes. Available curricula include British, Indian, American, and the national curriculum, with all allocated seats being sustainable and continuing with the student until graduation.
Eligibility criteria are clearly defined: free seats are for families with a monthly income not exceeding QAR 10,000, discounted seats for incomes up to QAR 15,000, and Qatari voucher seats for incomes not exceeding QAR 25,000. Applications open online on 20 January 2026 via the Ministry's website.
Participating kindergartens include Beit Al Jadda (20 free seats, 10 for students with disabilities), Al Fayrouz Kindergarten (2 free seats), and Al Zahra Al Saghira Kindergarten (5 free seats).
Private schools such as Cardiff, Solid Rock, British Modern International, Cambridge schools, Doha Modern Indian, Monarch Indian, Beverly Hills, Royal International, Shakespeare International, Al-Kawn International, and DPS Indian School offer hundreds of free, discounted, and evening seats, in addition to 675 seats for Qatari students via vouchers. The initiative also allocates 300 seats for the Syrian community schools.
MOEHE's Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs Omar Al Naama described the project as a qualitative leap in integrating private education into Qatar's social support system, highlighting the diversity, sustainability, and clear eligibility criteria as reinforcing fairness and benefiting deserving groups.
Director of Private Schools and Kindergartens Dr. Rania Mohammed noted the project significantly enhances access to quality education for students from varied socio-economic backgrounds, enabling them to join high-standard schools that meet their educational aspirations.
The Ministry encourages eligible families to prepare for online applications to benefit from these sustainable educational opportunities, aligning with Qatar National Vision 2030 goals for educational equity. (QNA)