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Annual Report Pre-University Education Higher Education ANNUAL Research, Development, and Innovation Community Development Global Initiatives REPORT qf.org.qa Established in 1995 through the vision of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Amir, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Qatar Foundation (QF) was born of the belief that a sustainable future for Qatar and the Arab world must be forged by homegrown talent. Over the quarter of a century since, QF has been investing in Qatar’s greatest resource – people – every day, giving them the tools and the opportunity to play their part in shaping the future. Through its unique ecosystem of knowledge – spanning pre-university and higher education; research, development, and innovation; and community development – QF provides platforms that enable and empower people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds to learn, create, innovate, and contribute to building a stronger Qatar and a better world. Contents 04 Qatar Foundation Boards Providing the 06 Pre-University Education opportunity to 22 Higher Education make a difference 40 Research, Development, and Innovation As we mark our 25th anniversary at QF, I am truly proud of the path we’ve traveled. 56 Community Development We have built together an environment that produces knowledge, generates ideas, and nurtures talent. A platform for global dialogue. A laboratory for discovering solutions to 72 Global Initiatives the world’s challenges. However, the real value of QF will always lie in the significant impact we’ve made on people’s lives. These past 25 years have been shaped by the students and communities we’ve served. Their hunger for learning, their disregard for perceived limits, and their constant pursuit of new horizons. Together we have cultivated the kind of relentless optimism needed to confront challenges, big and small. Focusing our efforts on the pursuit of knowledge; in advancing human, social, and economic development through education; and in serving as a custodian of the language and heritage of the Arab world. We owe this pioneering spirit to Qatar. It is Qatar that makes QF special, and unique. We will never lose sight of this. As we turn to what the next stage of QF’s journey holds, we do so with a clear compass: providing opportunity for everyone to find their calling, create, and empower others on their way to making a difference as citizens of this earth. These are long-term pursuits, and at QF we are in it for the long haul. Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani Vice Chairperson and CEO, Qatar Foundation Qatar Foundation Boards Board of Trustees Chairperson: Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Member: Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani Member: Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani Member: His Excellency Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Member: His Excellency Sheikh Jassim Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani Member: Engineer Saad Bin Ebrahim Al Muhannadi His Highness Sheikh His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani The Father Amir and The Amir of Qatar Founder of Qatar Foundation’ Board of Directors Chairperson: Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Vice Chairperson: Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani Member: His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada Member: His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Bin Hussain Al Kubaisi Member: Dr. Mazen J. Jaidah Member: Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu Lifetime Member: Engineer Saad Bin Ebrahim Al Muhannadi Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Chairperson of Qatar Foundation WE BELIEVE IN TRUSTING TODAY’S CHILDREN. BY EXPOSING THEM TO EXPERIENCES AND QUESTS AS A WAY OF LEARNING, WE AIM TO FUEL CHILDREN’S INDEPENDENCE, EMPATHY, CURIOSITY, AND CREATIVITY.” Pre-University Education Pre-University Education Setting The Tone 8 On the journey along the path of education, This approach to education has been the first steps are vital. It is at this point central to QF ever since its establishment. 9 For A Learning that a young learner starts to discover Its ecosystem of education began with a the value of knowledge, exploration, and single school: Qatar Academy Doha (QAD), discovery; the joy of being creative; the new which opened its doors in 1996 as the perspectives on the world that developing first element of QF’s disruption of Qatar’s Journey the skills of critical thinking and problem- educational landscape. Blending high- solving open up. It is where a love of quality education with a focus on Arabic learning that lasts a lifetime takes root. language and cultural heritage for the first time, the Qatar Academy model has For Qatar Foundation (QF), everything expanded to the point where it now spans starts with education, which is why it five schools across Qatar, all with distinct has created a unique model of learning identities but a collective ethos. that stretches from pre-school level to postgraduate study. And within this model, Over the decades since, they have been everything starts with Pre-University joined by a range of specialized QF schools. Education (PUE) – where the foundations Together, this portfolio of educational for lifelong, life-wide learning are laid, and institutions have an academic focus that where school students are provided with reflects the diversity of Qatar’s community, a meaningful, personalized, intellectually and the importance of catering to the stimulating education experience, different needs of different students, recognizing and celebrating the fact that cultivating the skills essential for them to every child is an individual, with their own thrive throughout their learning journey and personality, strengths, talents, interests, throughout their lives, and offering real- and way of learning. world learning experiences – from science, Pre-University Education “OUR GOAL IS TO EQUIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS, AND KNOWLEDGE TO PROPOSE PURPOSE-LED SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL ISSUES.” research, and innovation to citizenship, With an equal emphasis on children’s service, and humanitarianism – that academic and personal development, empower them to recognize what they can Academyati provides tailored, creative, bring to their societies. and nurturing learning experiences that appreciate the uniqueness of each its 10 And just as it helps young lives to grow, students. When they enter Academyati, PUE continues to grow itself. every child receives a personal learning 11 plan designed to nurture their growth, Progressive and purposeful harness their interests, and let their creativity flow, with multi-age groups Quality education has many hallmarks. replacing traditional age- or grade- Inclusivity and accessibility are among dictated class structures. The result is a of K-12 education. As its director Maryam “We believe our philosophy, and our them. And QF’s investment in quality fluid, non-classroom school environment Alhajri explains, its goal is to reimagine the teaching and learning elements, are going education has been driven by ensuring where learners learn at their own pace, way learning happens. to change the future of education.” that it is open, relevant, and beneficial alongside children who may be older or to everyone. younger than them. In November 2019, education’s future was placed in focus at QF as PUE hosted the QF has established schools that nurture Academyati, which welcomed its first 4,378 Qatari students world’s first progressive schools summit, the skills of students with special students at the start of the 2019-20 attended by founders and leaders of considerations who require tailored academic year, provides children with are enrolled in QF international schools and institutions support, and that specialize in STEM experiences and quests – open-ended that take a new and disruptive approach education. In February 2019, this activities that challenge them to solve schools to learning. commitment to providing education that problems, all rooted in real-world relevance pinpoints and meets the needs of every – rather than a traditional subject-based “Academyati stands for ‘Innovation in The LEAPS Summit explored how teaching child was again epitomized with the launch approach. Currently enrolling pre-school- Learning’,” she said. “We believe in and learning methods can be re-energized of Academyati – a progressive school that age children, the school – showcased to trusting today’s children. By exposing to support children’s creativity, curiosity, is the first of its kind in Qatar, and whose an international audience during QF’s them to experiences and quests as a self-development, and future prospects. globally unique learning model takes the November 2019 participation in the Paris way of learning, we aim to fuel children’s It will take place biennially, with its concept of personalized education into a Peace Forum global governance summit independence, empathy, curiosity, first edition seeing the launch of Qatar new dimension. – will ultimately cover the full spectrum and creativity. Spotlight – an initiative developed by PUE in Pre-University Education partnership with HundrED, a not-for-profit “Tariq Bin Ziad School has a unique vision, organization that identifies and shares and will increase the diversity and variety innovations in K-12 education, through of schools in Qatar,” said Maha Al Romaihi, EDI Forum Celebrates Cultural which members of Qatar’s educational the school’s director. sector will submit innovative education Heritage Education ideas. The 10 most impactful and scalable “It will be an exemplar of how to deliver submissions
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