Rand Corp. drafts news Islamic curriculum for Qatar schools
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Thursday, February 20, 2003
ABU DHABI Ñ Qatar has become the first Gulf state to revise its Islamic curriculum.
The emirate has agreed to an educational reform program drafted by the
California-based Rand Corp. as part of a U.S.-sponsored drive to prevent
schools in Arab and Islamic states from encouraging religious violence.
A Rand delegation began its study in October 2001 as part of a contract
with the Qatari government. The project called for an overhaul of the
emirate's educational system as part of a drive to improve student
performance, particularly in the sciences.
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