Doha, July 10 (QNA) - The National Service Academy has announced readiness to accept a new batch of high school graduates for the academic year 2022-2023, setting September 3 as the date for the new course for the academy's high school graduates and equivalent.

The course will continue until the last week of June 2024.

At a press conference held on this occasion at the academy, HE President of the National Service Academy Major General Hamad bin Ahmed Al Nuaimi confirmed that high school graduates and equivalent, who have obtained a total of 75 percent or more, can choose between joining the national service or postponing it for reasons such as studying at university.

The postponement will be approved only after finding acceptance at the university and will be renewed annually after ensuring that student continues his studies and proving his academic success. If he is not serious about his studies, his postponement will not be renewed and he will be summoned to join the national service, he said.

His Excellency noted during the press conference that there is continuous coordination with local universities, including Qatar University and Doha University of Science and Technology, to provide an academic semester starting in January 2024 in which courses and general requirements are presented, and those who meet the conditions can register for them.

There will be a 'deanship' in the academy and any student who wants to continue his studies can do so while he is in the academy with the 'credit hours' system, after which he can continue studying, whether in internal or external universities, he said, noting that language courses will be offered in cooperation with the Language Institute of the Armed Forces to raise the rates of those who wish to study various languages at all linguistic levels to achieve the acceptance rate for any university to which he wants to join after performing the service.

The President of the National Service Academy said that cooperation has been made with the Civil Service Bureau to provide Kwader platform for recruits who wish to be employed by a high school certificate and not complete their studies, indicating that the Academy will hold qualifying courses in cooperation with the Civil Service Bureau to qualify recruits for work and finish all employment requirements.

In addition, it was agreed with QatarEnergy to select 100 recruits to qualify them to sign contract with them while they are in the academy for those who want to work with high school certificate or complete their university studies, he said, calling on all national institutions to follow the example of QatarEnergy and attract service personnel who have the appropriate environment and flexible programs. (QNA)