Doha acadamy is a private school founded and managed by the Islamic Consultative Council, the Majlis-ash-Shura al-Islami. In fact, it is a project funded by the Emir of Qatar, who wanted to have an institution that would provide students with an excellent academic education and firm grounding in moral and ethical values. Hence, the name Doha, which is also the capital city of Qatar, in order to show their gratitude to the country and its Emir. Thus, in 2003, the secondary school of Doha Academy started with Form I and Form II classes. Two years later, the Academy opened its primary section and in 2006, its tertiary sector was launched.

Discipline
“The objective was not to set up yet another secondary school but rather a prestigious institution, a trend setter, a producer of high calibre citizens,” says Sadek Ali Polin, the manager of Doha Academy.
He adds: “The aim of the institution is to inculcate discipline, respect and human values in our students. The lack of discipline, increasing rate
of absenteeism and disrespect that most students show are alarming parameters for our society. It is high time that someone took the challenge of restoring order among our youth and this is why our institution was founded.”

Regulations
Polin says that the problems that we are facing nowadays with the teenagers are all due to a lack of discipline on the part of adults. “We set rules and regulations for students to follow but often we overlook these same rules and regulations ourselves. Therefore, we are setting bad examples to our youngsters but are still putting all the blame on the latter. Quite often it happens that when students make mistakes, we forgive them. This attitude shows a weakness on our side and thus encourages students to commit more errors. Only passing the buck from parents to teachers and teachers to management will not provide any solution to these problems. We should practise what we teach.”

The rector of Doha Academy, Hassam Sulaiman Amide, says that absenteeism is al­most nil in the school, be it at primary, secon­dary or tertiary level.