Education Ministry lifts ban on students with outstanding fees

Published: 17 June 2025

Move ensures students in private schools and kindergartens are not deprived of education while safeguarding schools’ rights to collect dues.

NT Bureau
Doha

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s Private Schools Licensing Department has issued a circular lifting the ban on all students who have outstanding financial dues at private schools and kindergartens.

The decision is part of the Ministry’s commitment to ensure students educational paths are not disrupted and they are not deprived by financial circumstances. It was also reported that the decision also preserves the rights of private schools and kindergartens to collect their financial dues in accordance with approved regulations and procedures, enabling them to continue operating their educational institutions with the required efficiency and quality.

In accordance with the provisions of Law No. 23 of 2015 regulating private schools, and Ministerial Resolution No. 9 of 1996 regarding tuition fees, and in addition to Circular No. (26) of 2024 regarding the controls required to be observed by private schools regarding the collection of tuition fee checks from students’ parents at the beginning of the school year.

First: As of September 30, 2025, the blocking feature in the National Student Information System (NSIS) will be removed for all students in private schools and kindergartens who have financial dues.

Second: All private schools and kindergartens are committed to taking all appropriate alternative regulatory measures and providing the necessary guarantees from parents to collect the due fees, ensuring that private schools and kindergartens are entitled to their financial dues in accordance with the legal frameworks approved by the state.

Third: Emphasizing the importance of updating payment and collection mechanisms for the 2025/2026 academic year, in line with Ministerial Resolution No. 9 of 1996, which grants a one-month grace period for payment of fees due for the semester