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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