Qatar to build 14 schools via public private partnership
QNA
Doha: Fourteen schools will be designed, built and maintained in various parts of Qatar through a public private partnership. With the aim of providing high-quality education to more than 10,000 students, the schools are scheduled to be operational from 2025-26 academic year.
Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, and Urbacon Trading and Contracting Company signed a new contract to construct the schools in accordance with Law No (12) of 2022 on Regulating Partnership between Public and Private Sectors.
The signing ceremony was attended by HE Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Qassim Al-Thani, HE Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina Bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi, HE Minister of Municipality Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, HE Minister of Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, HE President of the Public Works Authority Dr Eng Saad bin Ahmad Al Muhannadi, and representatives from the implementing company along several official from various entities.
This step comes is in line with the Third National Development Strategy 2030-2024, the final phase of Qatar National Vision 2030, which aims to increase the participation of the private sector in the various economic fields of the country and enable it to play a key role in achieving goals and long-term outcomes.
Within the project, five primary schools will be built in the areas of South Al Wajba, Muaither, Al Thumama, Al Meshaf, in addition to four preparatory schools in the areas of Muaither, Al Gharrafa, Al Aziziya and Rawdat Rashed and three secondary schools in Ain Khaled, Muaither and Al Thumama, and two science and technology schools in Al Sakhama and Rawdat Al Hamama, with the aim of providing high-quality education to more than 10,000 students.
This is part of second package of the Qatar Schools Development Programme within the Public-Private Sectors Partnership, in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
