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Education minister honours 2nd cohort of Khebrat program teachers, innovation leaders
DOHA: Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater has honoured the second cohort of teachers from the 'Khebrat' program.
Al Khater honoured 14 male and female teachers who graduated from the program after their return from a six-week educational trip to Finland, during which they learned about the details of the educational process, attended numerous classes, and met with numerous education experts.
The honouring ceremony was attended by Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) HE Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the State of Qatar HE Pekka Voutilainen, along with a number of ministry officials, school principals, and academics.
For his part, Al Nuaimi honoured the partners, including CEO of Omnia Murphy Johnson. He also honoured six innovation leaders, members of the first cohort of the program, who received numerous training courses at the MoEHE's Training and Development Center. A number of them were qualified to become trainers for innovation projects and project teachers, providing innovative solutions for educational and pedagogical projects and programs.
The ceremony began with a speech by teacher Salman Yousef, a member of the second cohort of the Khebrat Program, who, on behalf of his colleagues in the program, expressed the depth of the experience and its impact on them as teachers.
A discussion panel was also held with the participation of CEO of Omnia Murphy Johnson, the implementing company for the Khebrat program, teacher Tariq Al Kashadi, technical coordinator at Qatar Technical School; Moza Al Mannai, English language guidance expert at the Educational Guidance Department; and teacher Dana Al Bakri from Abu Hanifa Model School for Boys.
The Minister of Education and Higher Education also inaugurated the accompanying exhibition, which featured numerous educational programs aimed at instilling educational concepts and values, simplifying teaching methods for students, and presenting new innovative projects that reflect the benefits of the training programs teachers received during the 'Khebrat' program.
The projects implemented in schools by teachers and under the supervision of educational supervisors were presented to school principals and academic deputies last Tuesday. The educational supervisors presented their projects to ministry leaders last Thursday, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the MoEHE and the Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs. They were honored on Sunday.
The expansion of the impact transfer program is ongoing and will include additional schools through the training of the second cohort of innovation leaders. This program comes within the framework of cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Finland.
