Malaysia woos students from Qatar
An Education Malaysia Open Day event will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Malaysia Trade Centre in The Gate Mall, it was announced yesterday.
“Students from Qatar aspiring for quality degrees which are recognised internationally can choose to study at premier Malaysian universities and international university branch campuses in Malaysia,” ambassador Dato Ahmad Jazri Mohamed Johar said.
“One of the factors that makes Malaysia a favourable education destination is the very affordable tuition fee and cost of living. There are over 100 private universities, university-college and colleges to choose from, and over 3,000 programmes to specialise in.
“Malaysia hosts branch campuses of prestigious universities from the UK, US, Australia, India and students pay only a fraction of the cost when studying in Malaysia compared to what they need to pay in the main campus.
“In private universities in Malaysia, tuition fee for a full degree programme runs for three or four years, depending on the course. Tuition fees are between $3,000 to $10,000 a year - a third of the costs in US, Britain and Australia, with the programmes providing the same students’ learning outcome,” Jazri added.
The Malaysia Trade Centre is located in The Gate Mall (Salam), Tower 2, 12th Floor, Maysaloun Street, West Bay.
Over 2,360 residents of
Qatar embrace Islam
QNA/Doha
Over 2,360 residents of Qatar have embraced Islam from April 2013 till April 2014, according to statistics issued by Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Centre yesterday.
The centre said in a press release issued yesterday that the new Muslims, who included 1,278 men and 1,084 women belong to more than 60 nationalities.
The centre has conducted education programmes, including religious and Shariah courses and social programmes, in addition to other introduction to Islam programmes which were attended by 14,000 people.
The centre’s programmes aim at enhancing awareness about Islam as a dogma, conduct and civilisation in addition to introducing an awareness campaign about the customs and traditions of the Qatari society.
FM receives
ambassadors’
credentials
HE the Foreign Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah received a copy of the credentials of Martin Vitek, Czech Republic’s ambassador to Qatar, and Uganda’s ambassador Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu in Doha yesterday.
Al-Attiyah wished the ambassador success in their assignments and more development and growth to bilateral relations.
Housing violations detected in Madinat Khalifa South
The authorities concerned are carrying out campaigns to detect violations of Law No 15 of 2010 pertaining to workers’ accommodation in family residential areas, local Arabic daily Al Sharq has reported.
One such campaign in Madinat Khalifa South has resulted in the evacuation of a house and registration of six other violations in the area. It was found during the inspection that a building, which was originally rented by the manager of a restaurant to accommodate his employees, had been converted to house workers from other companies, according to the daily.
The building was being used to accommodate around 45 people though it was meant to house only nine people. This was in addition to changes and wooden partitions made inside the house to accommodate as many people as possible, the report states.
Qatari students contribute $29mn to US economy
A total of 994 Qatari students studying in US universities and colleges have contributed $29mn to the US economy during 2012-2013, it was announced in statement yesterday.
“There is a rapidly increasing appetite among Qatari students for a US university education, particularly given strong government financial support of these students,” said Peter Davos, managing director, Carian College Advisers, an education consultancy specialising in US Admissions guidance.
The estimates are based on the latest 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in partnership with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
“There are tremendous educational opportunities in the US for students from Qatar,” Davos explained while pointing out that Qatar hosts a wide range of American, British and IB curriculum schools, all of which are familiar to US Admissions officers
