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Today Wednesday Supreme Education Council Evaluation Institute will announce results of final first term examinations of Qatar Secondary School Certificate after being approved by H.E. Saad Bin Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education, Secretary General of Supreme Education Council. It has been informed that the results will be published in special website : WWW.SEC-NATEEJA.GOV.QA after being approved immediately in addition to (sms) messages to the SUBSCRIBERS. All local news papers will be provided with the results to be published in the next day. Evaluation Institute confirms that the results conforms with the expectations.

As part of its collaborations with K-12 schools in Qatar, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) is conducting workshops for teachers aimed at enabling teachers to implement iEARN projects and collaborate online with members of the iEARN.org web platform as well as developing teachers’ knowledge about project based learning (PBL) pedagogy and project planning. The workshops will be conducted during the month of March and the registration deadline is March 2, 2010.

HE Mr. Saad Bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council met with HE Mohammed bin Nasser Al Wahaibi, the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the State of Qatar on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.

The number of researches and their quality has become - in today world - a benchmark for nations progress all over the world. This necessitates preparing children and fostering the best research practices such as data collection skills, data tabulation, classification and analysis, creative thinking skills, scientific induction. Young researchers at schools are the leaders of future, so by supporting them, we participate in preparing our human capital - the most important resource in a sustainable development.

HE Saad Bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the SEC met Hakki Emre Yunt, the Turkish ambassador to Qatar. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of enhancing the education sector in both countries.

HE Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, the Minister of Education has returned to Doha after visit to Singapore to analyze the Singaporean education system.

The Policy Analysis and Research in the Supreme Education Council (SEC) hosted seminar on Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Four Seasons hotel to mark the establishment of a consultative forum with stakeholders to develop a strategic plan for the establishment of national competency standards for technical education.

The Evaluation Institute of the Supreme Education Council has released the first of three studies discussing factors that affect educational outcomes for students in independent, former Ministry of Education and private Arabic schools in Qatar. The research study drew on data available through routine collections from 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years.

Nearly 6708 students from general and specialized secondary schools begin the final tests of the first term on Thursday, January 21, 2010. The exams will be conducted at 25 testing centers – 14 for girls and 11 for boys.

At least 200 students from around the world are taking part in a two day Al Fakhoora Campaign International Students Conference which was launched at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Students from Qatar, Palestine, Egypt, UAE, the UK and USA are participating in the conference entitled “Post Cast Lead: Defending the Freedom to Learn” which focuses on the challenges and right to education in Gaza and the West Bank.