Dwayne Smith
Doha: Qatar Foundation’s (QF) a diverse range of schools has open admission for the academic year 2021/2022. QF’s schools and specialized centers offer an education cultivates a child’s talents and capabilities, empowers them to become a lifelong learner, and sets them on the path to realizing their full potential.
The establishment of QAD in 1996 represented an important building block in the foundations of this unique environment housed within Education City. QAD is the largest school in the QF family, with over 1,850 students.
Sama Ayoub is a senior at QAD, a member of QF’s Pre-University Education. She joined the school 15 years ago and has enjoyed a multitude of opportunities that have helped her realize her ambitions. “I will be forever grateful for the experience I have had at QAD,” she said.
“Through the programmes and courses offered by QAD – and Qatar Foundation – I was able to explore the fields of medicine and the sciences, which helped me decide what to study after high school and the career I’d like to pursue.”
Ayoub aspires to specialise in medicine, and being a student at QAD has brought her closer to achieving her dream because of the school’s location within Education City.
Sama Ayoub
Speaking about how the school strives to prepare students for their future, Dwayne Smith, Assistant Principal, QAD Senior School, highlights the holistic learning environment in place at QAD, which includes a rich, inquiry-based International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum that enables students to be selective of their areas of studies, together with unique after school activities.
Smith emphasises the importance QAD places on enabling student’s voices. “We provide a lot of opportunities for students to provide feedback, such as through our very active student council. We routinely seek feedback and feel like we have a good sense of what our students want and their challenges. We give them the opportunity to voice that, so we can collaboratively find solutions.”
He highlighted some of the other features of the school including a faculty of more than 200 international teachers, and access to the multiple world-class facilities and buildings found throughout Education City.
Yasser Al Nuaimi has four children – each of whom went through different education stages at the school, from preschool to senior school – with one son recently graduating.
Speaking about the school, Al Nuaimi said, “QAD has always been keen to create a family environment behind its walls by involving us, the parents, in the school’s activities and events – in terms of both attendance and participation. They also make sure to keep us constantly updated on the achievements of our children during the year, especially in the early years.”
