Past Education in Qatar

Education is important for the learner and the basis of progress. Also, it is the door to knowledge. Education fights against ignorance and raises the status of society and the country. Participation in education helps shape people’s lives through working and learning to serve the country and the people.

Education in the past was very simple and primitive. No one can deny the difficulty of life in Qatar about fifty years ago and the impact it had on education. Methods and means of education in the past were poor. Education in the past was based on the love of the person to learn. The parents in the past did not focus on education for their children. They believed that life is the real educator. Also, the encouragement from the parents was very low. In addition, in the past there were few educational institutions and organizations. For example, the few schools and colleges did not create a good atmosphere and they lacked good technology. Education rose among a few groups of people in the society. The schools in the past were a very limited number, had few possibilities and they lacked teaching staff. In addition to that, the schools were built of mud and got shades from the palm trees. As a result village people were not so are enthusiastic about education. Furthermore, they did not have motivation to learn. People faced many difficulties in education, but their minds were open and capable of good thinking and acting.