Rasekh, an educational accreditation framework for Qatar Foundation ( QF) schools as well as international schools in Qatar was launched during the International Day of Education celebrations organised by QF.
Rasekh is Qatar’s bilingual, identity-based education model and a cornerstone of national education reform. The accreditation aims to scale impact, strengthen bilingual education, localise learning, reinforce cultural values, and empower students to present their innovations confidently in their mother-tongue. The first cohort of schools nominated for Rasekh accreditation were also announced at the event.
“Rasekh is rooted in a national educational vision that strengthens cultural and linguistic identity through balanced bilingual education,” said Sheikha Noof Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani, vice president, Strategic Educational Initiatives for QF’s Pre-University Education ( QF- PUE). “Rasekh Accreditation represents a strategic step toward supporting educational quality and enabling schools to adopt identity-based practices that prepare students to contribute meaningfully to their communities and take an active role in shaping their future.”
Rasekh is an educational accreditation framework and quality mark awarded to international schools that demonstrate an institutional commitment to strengthening the Arabic language, reinforcing identity and values and achieving linguistic balance within internationally reecognised curricula in accordance with clear measurable and verifiable standards subject to periodic review.
It has been established to provide a balanced model that brings together global openness and cultural rootedness redefining the quality of international education with the Arab context.
Speaking to Gulf Times, Noor al-Sulaiti, projects co-ordinator, Strategic Initiatives Office, QF-PUE said that Rasekh has different pillars.
“I am in charge of the SabQ programme of Rasekh. SabQ is innovations in education. I am managing the whole cycle behind SabQ. We are starting the new cycle in February. We ask schools to submit their proposals and we go through the submissions. We have an advisory board and we create short videos. All those videos will be available on Rasekh platform for people to benefit from them.
“These are ideas supporting education. Maybe people can use them in their schools, imitate them, and bring those people over to their schools to show their ideas. So we want education to be fun, and we want education to leave its positive marks on the children and the society . This is what we are trying,” added al-Sulaiti.
Rasekh aims to enable international schools to deliver high quality education that produces learners who are secure in their identity linguistically balanced and able to engage with world with confidence and awareness.
It focuses to protect the mother-tongue and strengthening its academic use; embed the local and universal values and prepare learners who are globally competent and locally grounded.
