QC considers education as a priority area, extending its support in various ways, including building educational facilities and training centres and providing sponsors for students and teachers. The school adopts the Qatari curriculum of local public schools and is completely free of charge including school books, uniforms and other necessities. The school currently runs on two separate sessions with a total of 482 students, including 353 students in the first session, while the second session, which begins at 2 pm, has 129 students from the fifth grade to high school. The area of the second Ihsan School is about 6,000 sq m and can accommodate 12 classes and employ about 48 teachers and administrators, 23 teachers and 10 administrators in the first session, and 14 teachers and one administrator in the second session. The first Ihsan school The first Ihsan school opened in June 2019 in Umm Ghuwailina. The school for non-Arabic speakers operates on the special curriculum, Cambridge English. Some teachings will be in Arabic such as Shariah and the history of Qatar. The school includes 36 classrooms, accommodating 400 students, operating on two sessions, morning and evening, to accommodate 800 students. The cost of the school exceeded QAR4 mn, excluding maintenance, with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education covering most of the expenses. The school includes 354 students who were unable to afford to complete their education. Both the first and second Ihsan schools operate in coordination and cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and EAA to provide students with opportunities in education.
Inclusive education Al Shafallah Centre for Persons with Disability announced the launch of the evening programme for children on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on January 2020, for children on waiting lists aged 6-10. The programme will operate on the evenings, three days a week. The programme was launched as a temporary solution until additional branches of the Al Shafallah Centre open. Al Shafallah Centre for Persons with Disability was established in 1999 by HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to provide exemplary educational and rehabilitative services to people with mental disabilities under 21 years old, with focus people on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The centre aims to promote societal awareness of the cause and rights of people with mental disability, and to help them acquire a more independent life and maximise their integration in society. Since 2013, the centre operates under the umbrella of Qatar Foundation for Social Work. 4495 6667, shafallah.org.qa The Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs (QSRN) has recently approved a specialised musical rehabilitation course within its programmes to develop the capabilities and skills of its members with mental disabilities. Offered at four centres of QSRN, the programme of rehabilitation and treatment using music is aimed at people with mental disabilities in order to restore and improve their emotional, psychological and spiritual condition, through the use of musical hearing, which is background therapy, musical meditation, and relaxation when listening to calm music through live play. 4466 3232, qsrn.org m ©
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