Admission Policies

Admission and registration policy is based on the following:

1. Registration is opened in accordance with the dates set by the ministry of education and higher education through its portal, and its advertisement.
2. Verification of the student's age for the grade in which he/she is registered according to the policy of the ministry of higher education in Qatar according to the following categories:

Grade	Minimum Age		Maximum Age
		Years	Months	Days
Preschool	3	3	11	29
KG 1	4	4	11	29
KG 2	5	5	11	29
G 1	6	6	11	29
G 2	7	7	11	29
G 3	8	8	11	29
G 4	9	9	11	29
G 5	10	10	11	29
G 6	11	11	11	29

3. To succeed in the entrance exam according to the standards of the school, the student has to independently pass the exam to determine the Academic level in the presence of the school's admission officer.

Based on the result the school will have to discuss with the student’s parents in case the student doesn’t meet the cut off marks, and yet the parents wish to register their child/children. However, a support plan would be agreed upon and provided to the student at the beginning of the academic year after signing a commitment form by the parents to follow up with the student academically.

4. Priority of registration is given to the sibling(s) of existing student.

5. Complete all the required documents, which are:
• The student’s original international or national passport+ copy of the passport
• A copy of both parents’ international or national passport
• A valid Qatar resident permit on the passport
• A copy of student’s birth certificate
• A copy of ID for the father/mother/sponsor
• Four recent passport photographs
• The student’s health record from a recognized health center for grade one registration
• A certificate of good conduct for grade one and above from former school.

Tuition Fee Procedures:

The due dates for paying the tuition fee for the Academic Year are as follows:
• Term 1: At the beginning of term 1
• Term 2: At the beginning of term 2
• Term 3: At the beginning of term 3 and pay the amount of 1000 QR (Reservation Fee) for the following year ( Non-refundable).

Books will not be distributed to students unless you pay the tuition fee for Term One.

To pass the entrance exam according to the standards of the school, the student has to independently pass the exam to determine the Academic level in the presence of the psychologist.

Based on the results, the school will have to discuss with the student’s parents in case the student doesn’t pass the exam, and yet the parents wish to register their child/children. However, a support plan would be agreed upon and provided to the student at the beginning of the academic year after signing a commitment form by the parents to follow up with the student academically.

Entrance Exams Materials:

To get a general idea of Educare’s curriculum benchmark, and to know the necessary skills your children need to attain in order to sit for our entrance exam, check the following below:

Going to Grade 1
Going to Grade 1	Math:	Basic Addition and Subtraction, Comparing Numbers, Ordering of Numbers, Using Numbers as Digits and Words, Shapes and Colors
	English:	Alphabets, Vowel Sounds, Beginning and Ending Sounds, Basic Reading Skills and Writing Skills

Going to Grade 2
Going to Grade 2	Math:	Number Sentence, Basic Addition and Subtraction, Time, Problem Solving (Addition and Subtraction), Geometry (Shapes and Figures)
	English:	Basic Reading and Writing Skills, Phonics, Nouns that name (Person, Place, Thing), Articles (A, AN), Subject Pronouns, Words and Opposite (Basic), Describing Words

Going to Grade 3
Going to Grade 3	Math:	Addition and Subtraction, Numbers and Operations, Collecting Data, Problem Solving on Addition and Subtraction, Time and Clock, Basic Fractions, Basic Geometry (Shapes, Angles, and Solid Figures), Using Tallies
	English:	Reading Passage Skills, Verbs TO “BE”, Homophones, Proper Nouns, Contractions, Subject and Object Pronouns, Root Words (-ion), Synonyms, Antonyms, Writing Skills (Descriptive Paragraph)

Going to Grade 4
Going to Grade 4	Math:	Comparing and Ordering Numbers, Place Values, (Standard and Expanded Forms), Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Problem Solving on Multiplication and Subtraction, Geometry (Lines, Angles, and Figures such as: point, line segment, ray, equilateral, isosceles, scalene, intersecting, perpendicular, parallel, lines, square, octagon, hexagon), Decimals, Fractions
	English:	Reading Passage Skills, Common and Proper Nouns, Subjects and Predicates, Fixing Run-On Sentences, Singular and Plural Nouns, Tenses (Present, Past, and Future), Kinds of Sentences (Command, Statement, Question, Exclamation), Sentence Fragments and Complete Sentences, Compound Words, Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes and Suffixes (un-, dis-, -less, -ful), Short and Long Vowel Sounds, Homophones, Writing Skills (Descriptive Paragraph)

Going to Grade 5
Going to Grade 5	Math:	Mental Math, Multiplication, Division, Factors of Numbers, Pre- Algebra (Evaluate Expressions and Equations), Fractions and Decimals (Simplest Forms, Numerator and Denominator, Fractions into Mixed Numbers, Add and Subtract Fractions), Graph, Geometry (Acute, Straight, Obtuse, and Right Angles, Perimeter, Area, and Volume of Polygons)
	English:	Reading Passage Skills, Tenses (Present, Past, and Future), Kinds of Sentences (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory), Common and Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural Forms of Irregular Nouns, Kinds of Verbs (Main, Helping, and Action Verbs), Using Commas, Subject and Object Pronouns, Using Subordinating Conjunctions to Form Complex Sentences, Synonyms and Antonyms, Homophones, Compound Words, Writing Skills (Personal Narrative Paragraph)

Going to Grade 6
Going to Grade 6	Math:	Mental Math to/for: (Multiply, Divide, Equation, Properties), Multiplication and Division, Factorization (LCM, GCF, Divisibility, Expression), Fractions (Sum, Difference, Product, Quotient in simplest forms), Geometry (Triangle, Polygon, Perimeter, Area, Circle)
	English:	Reading Passage Skills, Tenses (Present, Past, and Future), Kinds of Sentences (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory), Subjects and Verbs Agreement, Singular and Plural Forms of Irregular Nouns, Types of Sentences (Simple, Compound, Complex), Past Tense and Past Participles of Irregular Verbs, Subject and Object Pronouns, Direct and Indirect Quotations, Subordinating Conjunctions, Prefixes and Suffixes (un-, dis-, im-, re-, mis-, -ment, -less, -ful, -ness,- hood), Multiple Meaning Words, Writing Skills (Persuasive Paragraph)

Students are distributed according to a clear policy as follows:

1. Taking into Consideration the Academic balance for all grades.
2. Taking into Consideration the psychological, health and behavioral aspects.
3.Taking into consideration the parent’s observations about the student’s class before the beginning of the academic year and before the distribution of the classes.
4. The school councilor is responsible for class distribution.
5. The lists are presented to the head of students’ affairs to be reviewed.
6. The lists are finally approved by the school’s principal.
7. Parents may not be allowed to change their child’s class at the beginning of the academic year except for a compelling reason that the administration deems necessary, and shall have the right to make the final decision.
8. it is possible to transfer a student from one class to another during the academic year in case the administration decides that after informing the parents of the reasons.

For Registration

To Another School in The State of Qatar:

1. Submit an application for withdrawal to the registration department.
2. Request a certificate of conduct from the school.
3. Settle the outstanding financial issues with the accounting department.
4. Request for a clearance form from the registration department.
5. Present a letter of acceptance from the other school.

To Another School outside The State of Qatar:

1. Submit an application for withdrawal to the registration department.
2. Request a certificate of conduct from the school.
3. Settle the outstanding financial issues with the accounting department.
4. Request for a clearance form from the registration department.
5. Signing a declaration to leave the country in order to remove the student’s name from the ministry of education and the ministry of higher education system, and that’s after following up the case through the link of the ministry of interior.