Doha: In a panel discussion themed "Shaping the Future of Education in Qatar with AI", the panelists reflected on the steps the State of Qatar has taken to chart the future of learning through advancing a specialized national educational platform spearheaded by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).
According to Qatar News Agency, these steps aim to merge cutting-edge technologies in the educational system, in pursuit of optimizing the quality of learning and enhancing students' readiness to internalize future skills. Convened as part of the second World Summit AI-Qatar 2025 deliberations, which started Tuesday, the panel underscored the feasibility of exploring AI's role in promoting education in Qatar, along with opportunities and challenges arising from leveraging AI in classes.
The panelists further deliberated on how to ensure responsible use of AI consistently with cultures and contribute to the national digital transformation, as well as long-term educational development. Director of the MoEHE's E-Learning and Digital Solutions Department, Eng. Lolwa Hassan Al Nuaimi, recalled the Ministry's instrumental role in providing AI-powered solutions to meet students' needs and make the learning process more efficient and interactive.
It is essential to put out policies, tips, and frameworks that determine how to merge AI in school classes, methods of learning and teaching, and ensure that it is leveraged with emphasis on its safety and harmony with social mores, such as language and culture, as well as meet the identity needs and expectations, Al Nuaimi highlighted.
Al Nuaimi added that the Ministry has been keen to protect the privacy and data of both teachers and students in the pursuit of advancing their digital aptitude by focusing on key competencies in connection with how to handle and interact with AI more efficiently. It is imperative to shore up Qatar's national digital agenda and build a powerful educational system, as long as utilizing AI-powered tools and solutions inside school classes would enable students to learn independently, Al Nuaimi underlined, emphasizing that creating an environment conducive for every single student is of utmost importance.
Head of the Emerging Technology Section in the Digital Innovation Department at MCIT, Amna Khaled Al Kaabi, said AI is a consequential factor to support and empower digital transformation in Qatar, stressing the importance of providing a reliable and upgradable digital groundwork to streamline the digital environment that broadly helps access to technology consistently and safely.
The ongoing investment in Qatar's AI infrastructure, whether in data centers or access to 5G technology that facilitates seamless connectivity, requires collaboration with MoEHE to align technological and educational capabilities with learning needs, ensuring that AI solutions effectively support the curricula, she outlined.
Al Kaabi further highlighted that the focus is on ensuring the digital environment enhances students' understanding of each subject rather than merely digitizing content, in addition to performing coordinating and supervisory roles to guarantee the establishment of appropriate safeguards for educational materials. She remarked that this is one of the initiatives the Ministry is executing in unison with the FINAR AI Centre, particularly in ensuring adherence to Islamic culture, the Arabic language, and Qatari cultural values, thereby reinforcing other cultural and educational values.