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The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics released the Education Statistics Chapter 2012/2013 for the annual statistical group. The chapter includes one of the main statistical data from which enrollment characteristics in various stages of education are examined.This chapter’s tables contain data on students, schools and majors in the different stages of governmental and private education. The tables contain also data on the university students, and students on scholarships at universities in Qatar and abroad. It includes also data on students enrolled at adult education and literacy centers. The education chapter shows that the number of students at the entire government and private schools attained 232 thousand students for the academic year 2012/2013, an increase of 5.5% compared to the previous year. Male students at private schools constituted 58% of the total students, whereas female students at the government and private schools accounted for 49% of total students. The student class average reached 24 students in the first three education stages except the kindergarten, the average number of students for the teacher stood at 10 students per teacher.
The education chapter data indicate that the number of the administrative and teaching staff at the governmental and private schools reached 30 thousand, a rise of 8% compared to the previous year. Females constituted 77% of the total administrative and teaching staff. The education chapter shows that the number of government and private universities and colleges students reached 21 thousand for the academic year 2012/2013. Male students enrolled at the government universities constituted 70% of total students, whereas female students attained 64% of the total students at government and private universities. The total administrative and teaching staff amounted to 3 thousand, 47% of them are females. The total of students on scholarships in Qatar and abroad amounted to 2200 students. The students on scholarships at universities and colleges in Qatar attained 54% of the total students on scholarships, whereas females reached 53% of the total students on scholarships in Qatar and abroad. As for the adult education, the number of students reached 4800.
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