QF partner universities teach advanced robotics to Qatar STEM school students
29 Apr 2021 - 7:54
The Peninsula
For the past seven months, Qatar Foundation partner universities Texas A&M University at Qatar and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) led an advanced robotics course for high school students in the Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School (QSTSS) under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
The course proposal was developed by the STEM experts Dr. Mohamed Gharib from Texas A&M at Qatar and it was approved by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Then, the course was taught by Dr. Mohamed Gharib and Nour Tabet, the STEM program coordinator, from CMU-Q.
STEM expert from Texas A&M at Qatar conducts professional development workshop for teachers
02 Mar 2021 - 7:05
The Peninsula
Doha: Texas A&M University at Qatar STEM expert Dr. Mohamed Gharib conducted LEGO Education Academy Teacher Professional Development Workshops for teachers at the Michael E. DeBakey High School and the Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys.
The workshop, LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3: Learning Through Play at School, is a hands-on, cross-curricular STEM solution that combines LEGO Technic elements, classroom-friendly software, and standards-aligned lessons to spark creative confidence and critical thinking.
This program tackles engineering, coding, and physics with intuitive guides and smart bricks and puts real-life STEM topics right at students’ fingertips.
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre (QTTSC) named the winners of Traffic Safety Ambassadors Programme which was running in co-ordination with Ministry of Interior and the National Committee for Traffic Safety recently. Initiative which is supported by QAPCO aimed at raising the school students and community awareness of the importance of traffic safety to spread safe driving behaviours.
First place went to Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, and second place went to Ahmed bin Hanbal School for Boys, for boys schools.
Regarding girls schools Dukhan School for girls took first place, while Aisha Bent Abi Baker School was awarded the second for girls schools.
QSTSS Boys earns accreditation from Cognia
01 Feb 2021 - 7:56
Students of Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys learning in a classroom.
The Peninsula
Doha: The Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys (QSTSS Boys) has earned the accreditation of Cognia, a nonprofit organisation that provides quality assurance for schools and university education service providers.
Cognia internationally recognises schools and education institutions that meet rigorous standards focused on productive learning environments, equitable resource allocation that meets the needs of learners and effective leadership, said the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in a statement.
With this accreditation, QSTSS Boys has become internationally recognised as a school that meets Cognia quality standards and maintains a commitment to continuous improvement.