Cabinet approves decision on textbook, transport fees for non-Qatari students
Cabinet okays formation of committee to regulate ownership of real estate by diplomatic and consular missions in the country
THE Cabinet has approved a draft decision of the Minister of Education and Higher Education amending some provisions of Decision No 42 of 2017 setting the price of schools textbooks and school transport fees for non-Qatari students who are not GCC nationals and exempting them from these fees.
The Cabinet, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, took the decision on Wednesday.
The Cabinet approved a draft decision on the formation of a committee to regulate the ownership of real estate by diplomatic and consular missions in the country and their work system.
The preparation of the draft decision comes in implementation of the provisions of Article 3 of Law No 3 of 2022 regulating the ownership of real estate by diplomatic and consular missions in the country, by establishing the aforementioned committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is concerned with the following:
1- Studying real estate ownership applications submitted by the missions, and submitting recommendations regarding them to the Minister.
2- Proposing any other conditions and regulators for the missions to own or build real estate, and present them to the Minister.
The Cabinet then approved a proposal to increase the nonQatari investors ownership rate in the capital of Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), a Qatari public shareholding company listed on the stock exchange. Under this decision, a non-Qatari investor may own up to 100% of the capital of the company.
The Cabinet then approved a draft decision of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority on the system for settling disputes arising from transactions related to securities through arbitration.
The Cabinet took necessary measures to ratify a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of environmental protection between the governments of Qatar and the government of Georgia.
The Cabinet then approved a raft agreement on the promotion and protection of mutual investments between the government of Qatar and the government of the Dominican Republic.
It also approved a draft memorandum of cooperation on providing a set of specialised educational vocational programs for primary and early education students between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and INJAZ Qatar.
The Cabinet reviewed the report of the National Cyber Security Agency regarding the launch of the “Cybersecurity Educational Curricula” project, and took the appropriate decision thereon.