Qatar- Students lack awareness in conserving electricity water: Survey

9/7/2015 11:43:42 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)DOHA: A sample survey of Qatari students aged 10 to 12 years drawn from several Independent Primary Schools show that a majority of them consider education as their birthright.

But when it comes to conserving the precious utilities like electricity and water they show little interest reveals the survey.

It was conducted on 859 male and female students from 32 Independent Primary Schools 740 parents and 69 school staffers.

Only the school staffers interviewed included both Qataris and non-Qataris and some 84 percent (58) of the total were women.

The students didn’t show much interest in cultural activities either like theatre and in reading books magazines and story books.

The study was carried out last November after holding a training workshop by the Childhood Cultural Centre in Doha. The Centre’s aim is to nurture creativity among Qatari children and instill local values.

The study’s objective on the other hand is to identify challenges in achieving the Centre’s aims and set benchmarks and make Qatari children and their parents know these standards.

The objective also includes seeking the necessary feedback from the staffers of cultural and social institutions across the country. Male students accounted for 49 percent of the total number of interviewees or 423 while their female counterparts had a share of 51 percent.

The students came from 5th and 6th grades from the 32 target schools. The surveyed though showed high level of awareness about some aspects of their

culture like national identity and pride and showed a lot of respect for state symbols like the flag

and map.

They expressed keenness to stick to their national attire particularly on formal occasions and were aware of the importance of maintaining their religious identity and heritage.

They however showed little keenness to follow up on local and international news and learning about other cultures. They knew the value of work and protecting public property with awareness about some forms of sports and their rules.

They ranked low though on the scale that measured their awareness about the nutritional value of food and using technology in a scientific way thus becoming vulnerable to perpetrators of cyber crimes.

The Centre has called for its recognition as an official supervisory agency for children and being given an active role in the framing and implementation of state policies in the field.

One of the key recommendations of the study is to make children more aware about Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) and pay more attention on learning Arabic language and using its proper versions.

The suggestions of course also include making them aware of the significance of conserving electricity and water (which is free for nationals) and learn more about local and global cultures.

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