Qatar to Launch Nanny Training Academy

Doha, December 22 (QNA) - The Qatar Nanny Training Academy, an initiative of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, will be launched in April 2013. According to announcement made Saturday, the academy seeks to contribute to human resources development in Qatar by providing educational and training services in the fields of child care, that are in-keeping with the Qatari and Islamic identity. The academy's founding committee held a press conference today addressed by the Head of the Project's committee Rabia Kerzabi, member of the founding committee Amal Abdullatif Al-Mannai, as well as member of the founding committee Abdul-Rahman Al Mulla, and Academic Director of the Academy Bushra Al Nehaily. Kerzaby said that the academy will work on attracting female students to train them for 10 months in order to become proficient as nannies for Qatari and Arab families. The nanny will earn a certificate documenting her ability to bring up children in-keeping with the Qatari and Islamic traditions. Al Mulla said that the strategy undertaken by the academy is based on partnerships with international expertise in the field of child care. He said that the academy will present its services to students free of charge. For her part, Al-Mannai said that the goal of the academy was to protect children from other cultures that diffuse into the society through Asian nannies in particular. She said that training Arab nannies on child care that's in-keeping with Qatari and Islamic traditions was of immense importance. The academy will provide a wide range of courses ranging from hygiene and nutrition to entertaining children and first aid. (QNA)