A new three-year comprehensive agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and College of the North Atlantic in Canada, ensuring that College of the North Atlantic - Qatar (CNA-Q) will continue its role as Qatar’s premier technical college.
The contract was finalised at a formal signing ceremony at the Qatar embassy in Ottawa, with representatives from Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Government of Canada, Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, College of the North Atlantic (CNA) and CNA-Q in attendance.
“The Ministry of Education and Higher Education welcomes the new agreement and we are very pleased that the partnership continues. The signing opens new doors for collaboration in many potential areas,” said Qatar’s Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Dr Mohamed bin Abdul Wahid al-Hamadi.
HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, chair of CNA-Q’s Joint Oversight Board, and Minister of Energy and Industry, said, “It is gratifying to reflect on the college’s role in shaping Qatar’s post-secondary landscape in providing vital technical and vocational training for our youth. This agreement reinforces the strong and friendly partnership between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and CNA-Q. This partnership has successfully produced over 5,000 highly skilled, technically-competent graduates for Qatar’s workforce who make daily contributions to the successful realisation of Qatar’s 2030 National Vision.”
“We are very pleased that the successful partnership between CNA and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education continues,” said Dr Ken MacLeod, president, CNA-Q. “With the signing of this agreement we start the next chapter, launching into new programmes, building more educational capacity, and evolving with the changing needs of our students and our business and industry stakeholders. In our 15th academic year, we take great pride in the achievements of the
college thus far.”
The first comprehensive agreement between the State of Qatar and CNA was signed on September 30, 2001. The college opened in 2002, with 300 students and 11 programmes. Now in the 15th academic year CNA-Q has more than 2,100 full-time students enrolled in over 30 programmes, and boasts nearly 5,000 alumni.