Qatar Red Crescent’s (QRC’s) social development department is implementing the Adepts school training programme.
It is designed to create a “leader, an effective and productive personality” among schoolchildren, thereby producing a generation that believes in the vision of its nation and aligns itself towards that, according to a statement.
The programme has three dimensions: abilities to create an innovative personality; morality to promote ideals such as timely observance of prayer, honesty, truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance; and management to acquire personal and practical skills such as mind mapping, teamwork, smart goal setting and executive planning.
The programme’s staff help the trainees realise that insightful strategies are key to success, have a positive self-image, enjoy work even under pressure, be proactive and open-minded, master the art of dialogue, pursue flexibility and problem-solving techniques, be aware of consciousness and the subconscious, deal with strengths and weaknesses by perceiving own schema, be inter-personally intelligent and interactive by perceiving others’ schemata, understand the negative and positive aspects of problems, know how to shift from the negative to the positive aspects, and assimilate and copy success stories through modelling.
Teachers and parents are also covered by this programme so as to enable them to bring the young men and women up in a positive and constructive way.
So far, the programme has been executed in 12 independent schools for 962 beneficiaries, who include 393 teachers, 139 parents and 430 students.
Rashid bin Saad al-Mohannadi, director of the QRC Social Development Department, said: “Adepts is a developmental project intended towards the human development goals of Qatar National Vision 2030, by developing Qatar’s future generation of creative citizens, leaders and decision-makers.
“It comprises a series of interactive lectures and educational workshops that deal with different topics and issues related to the lives of the youth, solve their problems, broaden their minds and instil useful attitudes and thoughts in them, building upon their experiences, tendencies and mental and age-related faculties.”
To that end, al-Mohannadi added, diverse methods of teaching are used such as discussion, experimentation, role-playing, group learning and extracurricular activities. “This combines educational aims, personal innovation and hands-on practice, instilling in their minds the desirable values and attributes that would be beneficial for them both now and in the future.”
Students attending the programme.
