DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) launched a mobile library on Tuesday in cooperation with Mowasalat Company Karwa, which opened its activities at Um Al Amad Model School for Boys.
This lunch marks World Book and Copyright Day, which falls on April 23 yearly. The activity aims to create an enjoyable educational atmosphere, diversify the introduction and development of reading methods, and enhance social communication among public school students.
Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at MoEHE Maha Zayed Al Ruwaili said that this initiative is aligned with the Ministry's efforts to promote and encourage reading culture. He added that it aims to maximize leisure time outside school hours by engaging students in purposeful activities, noting that this activity will help enhance their personalities, language skills, and knowledge.
Al Ruwaili highlighted that this initiative will provide a learning environment beyond the classroom walls. It offers an exciting and stimulating learning experience for students, where they can read for fun and benefit and participate in dialogue sessions, group reading sessions, and other exciting events. These activities create special moments that enhance social cohesion between the student and his peers.
The Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs added that Mowasalat is one of the leading and distinguished companies in the country. She praised its role and cooperation with the Ministry through the implementation of the mobile library initiative. This initiative constitutes a model to be followed in collaboration and community partnership. She thanked the company for supporting the Ministry's programs and activities that serve the community.
For his part, Acting CEO of Mowasalat (Karwa), Ahmed Hassan Al Obaidli said that the initiative reflects the company's commitment to cooperate with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. He noted that the initiative aims to achieve the common vision of both sides to transform the learning experience into a distinctive and unique experience. He added that another aim of the initiative is to contribute to the accessibility of learning and enjoyment through the mobile library bus equipped with books, games, teaching aids, and tablets. This initiative enables us to transform every part of Qatar into a fun and distinctive classroom to enrich knowledge per Qatar Vision 2030.
The mobile library bus can accommodate up to thirty students and is divided into two floors. The first floor is equipped with a reading section containing numerous books, learning resources, and interactive games available through smart tablets. The second floor features a viewing area with a smart TV screen displaying interactive questions for students, such as historical questions about Qatar, its landmarks, rulers, World Cup stadiums, and much more.
To achieve the desired interaction of the launch of the mobile library, the bus will rotate to public and private schools, summer camps, the ten best landmarks in Qatar, and the top three locations for educational zones according to the proposed schedule and distribution plan. The bus can be reconfigured to suit the age stage of the students, whether primary, preparatory, or secondary.
The MoEHE prepared for the pilot launch with Mowasalat Company Karwa in July 2023. Several summer centres were visited to measure the extent of students' interest in the idea of the bus, to take notes into account, and to work on developing the content in preparation for its official launch.