Students with functional limitations will now be able to get better access to education through new services in information and communication technology (ICT) provided by Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC) and Mada Centre.
Through their partnership, QCDC and Mada Centre will work together to develop career education and development services by promoting counselling and capacity-building in the career guidance field.
The aim of this collaboration is to promote digital inclusiveness and build a digital community for people with functional limitations, including those with disabilities and the elderly. It will seek to empower and help students with disabilities in identifying their goals beyond the education phase so that they can develop their skills as well as raise community awareness about the role of digital access in empowering and integrating people with disabilities into the society, a press statement notes.
“The signing of this agreement falls in line with QCDC’s objectives to instil a career culture among members of the Qatari community through awareness building programmes and platforms, the implementation of effective career policies, and by co-operating with the authorities concerned in Qatar in order to develop the educational system through career guidance tools and professional technological services,” said Abdulla al-Mansoori, director of QCDC.
Under this agreement, digital accreditation will be granted to a number of QCDC digital platforms, most notably QCDC’s website. The agreement will also enable the provision of training on best practices in the job-access project as well as comprehensive vocational and career education and development guidance for people with disabilities.
Accreditation of 10 counselling specialists who provide career guidance for people with functional limitations will be also tasked under this agreement.
The signing ceremony took place on Wednesday at Mada Centre’s booth at the Qatar Information Technology Conference and Exhibition (Qitcom 2019), which is currently taking place at the Qatar National Convention Centre.
The event was attended by Abdulla al-Mansoori and Maha al-Mansouri, CEO of Mada Centre, along with officials from both parties.