Sunday, May 12, 2013

The most expensive schools in Doha


The American School of Doha (ASD) is one of the most expensive schools in Doha. Despite the fact that the school has an excellent curriculum, the teachers are skilled, and the facilities are very good, the tuition and the fees for the school is very expensive compared to other schools in Doha. To illustrate, the application fee in the American school of Doha is 500QR for non- refundable, whereas, Doha College application fee is 200QR. Consequently, ASD is ranked as one of the most expensive schools in Doha. According to a web site that analyses the annual fees of all private schools in Doha, the fees of the American School of Doha are 32,368 QR for Pre- to KG, 53,976 QR for grades 1 to grade 5, and 70,194 QR for grade 6 to grade 12. Compared to other school in Qatar, for example, in ACS Doha International School the annual tuition fees for 2012-2013 is 40,000 QR for Pre-K, 50,000 QR for KG, 55,000 QR for Grades 1-5, 63,000 QR for Grades 6 to grade 8,and 63,000 QR for Grades 9. Also, in Al Jazeera School the annual tuition fees are 20,125 QR for Preschool, 26,450 for grade 1-6, 33,062 for grade 7-9, 39,675 for grade 10-11, and 42,320 for grade 12.
In addition, the fee for buses is expensive too. The Annual transportation fees is QR 6,950 per child, so if the family has more than one child in the same school, they have to pay the double to the transportation fees. From my experience as a mother of four, it’s very difficult to have them all in the transportation system of the school since per person it is around 7,000 QR.
My suggestion for the school is to lower their fees, so the students can have good quality of education and the parents can pay for that. 

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