Submitted by Scott Mcivor, Jul 24, 2007 13:36

Unfortunately (I cannot call it the best of times) after speing more than 15 years in Qatar I have to agree with the writer that researchers and scientists are not willing to come to Qatar for research or other educational activities. Even the professors of the universities give lectures via video conferencing system, so you people can imagine the situation of the Education City in Qatar. The reason is that the rich kids studying in the Education City Colleges and Universities have no desires or motivations as they already all have jobs, their fees are being paid by the Government. They dont even have to look for jobs after graduating unlike most of us who had to work really hard in order to secure jobs. I myself had to go through a series of interviews and tests before I was selected as the appropriate candidate. I myself had to wait for more than six month before the right opportunity came in my way. Also the foreign students graduating from the universities at the Education City have no prospects for future jobs in Qatar because Qatar is under the process of Qatarization (hiring only Qataris). Whereas if you go to any of the top education instituitions around the world the suitable candidates are hired without looking at their citizenships or ethnicity. Great Education institutions are recognized by the research they are doing and by the number of publications.

The Education City in Qatar cannot be accessed by the general public as first of all you have to go through a security check before entering the university. Even after four years the Education city does not has a well stocked library. You can call them and ask them. I called them and i was told to call back in September.

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