By Joey Aguilar/Staff Reporter
A senior official of the Community College of Qatar (CCQ) has expressed confidence that their Public Administration graduates will match industry demands.
“We do a ‘need analysis,’ what are the needs in order to match it, which means we reach out to the industry, to the different aspects of government agencies,” college dean Dr Addalla Hazaimeh told Gulf Times.
Speaking at a press conference organised by CCQ yesterday, announcing the launch of its Associate and Bachelor degree programmes in Public Administration, he explained they conduct an extensive review and study of every programme at the college before it is offered.
Besides meetings, surveys, and reviews, he noted that they also invite experts to a series of focus group discussions to share their ideas and to identify the needs of the market.
“We meet on a regular basis and discuss all feedbacks,” he said.
The next phase focuses on bringing people to develop the content which will be sent to another group before discussing it with the Supreme Education Council.
Asked if CCQ is the first to offer the Public Administration degrees, the college dean said the programme used to be in Qatar University but they cancelled it three years ago.
“We are bringing it back based on the needs of the community because it was kind of an outcry, there is a huge need and nobody is addressing it,” he pointed out. “That is where we stepped in and filled that gap because they have eliminated it I don’t have any idea why.”
Vouching for the competitiveness of their graduates, Hazaimeh noted that CCQ requires all their students to take one year of English course. He reiterated the importance of teaching English saying it is used as the business language in Qatar.
Current CCQ students are pursuing studies in core courses for university transfer in English, Math, Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as short-term workforce certificates and corporate training courses needed for business and industry.
“We have a very flexible schedule, we have morning and evening schedules,” said Hazaimeh. “If you are working, then you can come in the evening.”
CCQ also has a team of competent and qualified faculty, administrators and staff who provide excellent instruction and student support services, according to its president, Professor Ibrahim Saleh al-Naimi.
