Public school absence rules and exam bans
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar is promoting new measures to enhance student attendance in public schools for the 2026-2027 academic year. The regulations, which include mechanisms to support and strengthen discipline, specify that a student's continuous absence without an acceptable excuse for 5 days will result in a meeting with the guardian and a signed commitment not to repeat the absence. If the unexcused absence reaches 8 days, the student will be barred from taking mid-term exams for the first semester. This penalty increases progressively with additional days of absence, reaching 12 days before the final exams of the first semester, and 16 days before the end-of-year exams, after which the student will be completely barred from taking the exams. The measures aim to improve attendance discipline and ensure a motivating learning environment, with a focus on raising awareness and collaborating with parents to address the causes of absenteeism early on.
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