Qatar launches national curriculum project for children from birth to age three

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has launched a national project to prepare an educational and developmental curriculum for children from birth to age three, as part of the strategic program "Sunrise", under the slogan "The Story... The Story Begins with Care", as part of its efforts to develop the early education system and improve the quality of care and learning in care homes and nurseries in the State of Qatar.

The project, titled "Composing and Preparing a Curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten and Providing Training Courses for Teachers", was launched in the presence of Mr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Muhannadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, a number of the Ministry's leaders, educational mentors, and a number of nurseries directors and caretakers.

The project aims to prepare an integrated national curriculum based on developmental standards and products that take into account the characteristics of children's development and their individual needs, and enhance their health, psychological, behavioral and value aspects, in addition to developing educational practices and providing specialized training programs to raise the efficiency of cadres working in the field of early childhood.

The project is being implemented in partnership with the Private Education Affairs Sector, represented by the Nursery Administration, which will be responsible for making the curriculum available to nurseries in the country, and supervising its implementation, in order to ensure the unification of educational and developmental references, and to enhance the quality of practices provided to children at this age.

Mrs. Dhabia Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, Director of the Early Education Department and National Leader of the Sunrise Program, stressed that the project represents an important step in the development of the early education system in the State of Qatar, by laying educational and development foundations based on the best international practices, and in line with Islamic values and the Qatari national identity, in a way that contributes to providing safe and stimulating care and learning environments for children in their early years.

For her part, Ms. Lulwa Omair Al Nuaimi, Director of the project, explained that the launch of the project is the result of three years of preparation and joint work with experts and partners, foremost of which is the College of Education and the Early Childhood Center at Qatar University, where the work included conducting a comparative study of international curricula and benefiting from its most prominent practices in preparing a curriculum that combines international standards with Qatari identity and culture.

She added that the project includes the preparation of reference documents and specialized training programs to support the application of developmental and educational practices in care homes and nurseries, noting that 500 copies of the project's documents were distributed to the participants at the inauguration ceremony.

For his part, Mr. Abdel Salam Ibrahim, Assistant Director of the Project, explained that the preparation of the curriculum was based on building a national framework and reference documents that identify age groups, areas of growth and its outcomes, in order to ensure the comprehensiveness of developmental and educational aspects, and to take into account the different needs of children.

Commenting during the ceremony, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Muhannadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, stressed the strategic importance of the project in developing the education system in the State of Qatar, as it aims to prepare an educational and developmental curriculum for children from birth to the age of three, which is an essential stage in the child's development and personality formation, in order to enhance his readiness for the subsequent educational stages.

Al-Mohannadi praised the efforts of the work teams and partners in preparing the project, stressing that the development of a national curriculum based on international standards and consolidates the Qatari identity, in addition to providing safe and stimulating care and learning environments, represents an investment in human development and building the future of the country.

The project comes within the direction of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education towards building an integrated system for early childhood, based on the quality of care and learning, strengthening the national identity, and investing in the first years of a child's life as a basis for human development and building the future of the country.

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