By Cathleen Stasz, Eric R. Eide, Fancisco Martorell, Louay Constant, Charles A. Goldman
The govt. of Qatar has made major investments in post-secondary schooling to make sure that Qataris may be able to give a contribution to the country's social and financial targets. The authors describe Rand's research of occupational call for and comparable post-secondary academic possibilities, and provide ideas for making improvements to the country's present provision of post-secondary schooling.
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Free land and interest-free construction loans for residential houses are provided to Qataris who work as senior staff in government and semi-government offices. Houses are constructed for Qataris with limited incomes who agree to pay back 60 percent of the cost over 20 to 25 years (Nafi, 1983). Non-citizens, a group that includes persons who have lived in Qatar their entire lives or were born in Qatar (to non-citizen parents), are not eligible for the government benefits provided to citizens. S. Library of Congress, 1994).
As can be seen, a fifth of the men in the sample reported their most recent job as a professional occupation, and 18 percent had most recently worked in the military or police. , legal researcher, inspector). Only 9 percent indicated technician or operator. , being in the military or police). 01). Gender differences for the other occupational categories were smaller. Women were more likely than men to work as clerks and a little less likely than men to hold jobs in the professional occupations. The percentages of women and men working as associate professionals were similar, 11 percent for women and 13 percent for men.
In addition, the government established a scholarship program to assist qualified students who want to study abroad. Since 1995, the Qatar Foundation has brought world-class universities to Qatar’s Education City—for example, Weill Cornell Medical College, Carnegie Mellon University, and Georgetown University all operate campuses there. The presence of these institutions in Qatar provides further educational opportunities for Qataris at the postsecondary level. ) At the time of Qatar’s 1970 census, more than two-thirds of the population over 15 years of age was illiterate (Winckler, 2000).
