The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) has signed an agreement of co-operation with two secondary schools to educate the schools’ 80 students on a variety of careers in Qatar’s financial sector and, specifically, at the QFCRA.
Under the agreement, the QFCRA will provide summer internships for select QBSBAS (Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration Independent Secondary School for Boys and Girls) students starting this summer, host seminars on Qatar’s financial policies and regulations at the schools, bring students to the QFCRA on a regular basis for informal familiarisation meetings with Qatari employees from the core business areas (supervision and authorisation, policy and enforcement), and recruit qualified students for a QFCRA scholarship programme.
The agreement was signed between Eisa Ahmed Abdulla, on behalf of the QFCRA, and Dhabya al-Buenain, principal of Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration Independent School for Girls and Ahmed Yousef al- Mahmoud, principal of Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration Independent School for Boys.
Both schools are a joint initiative of the Qatar Central Bank and the Ministry of Education, and provide a specialised education to prepare students in grades 10-12 for careers in financial institutions including banks, financial services companies, the stock exchange, and financial regulation.
“In alignment with Qatar’s 2030 Vision, our strategic partnership with these two schools is helping to develop a talent pipeline of future regulators for the next decade," said Abdulla.
In addition to the various opportunities QFCRA has developed for these banking students as part of its 'Al Masar' learning and development programme, it is also working with the Ministry of Administrative Development to develop the 'Al Masar' scholarship for high school students interested in careers in the finance sector, which is expected to launched later this year, he added.
