Etqan Global Academy

IB World School in Al Kheesa, north of Doha, established in 2019 with a Canadian-leadership-led PYP and an MYP candidate programme. Around 1,860 students on a 60,000 square metre campus, with 95 percent Qatari enrolment.

Etqan blends the IB framework with the Qatari Arabic programme and a strong Islamic studies thread, which is the deliberate point of difference from the Western expat-facing IB schools in Doha. CIS member school. Capacity is approved at 5,000, so the campus has a long growth runway and high-school years are coming through over time.

Voice from parents is generally positive on the IB leadership team, the bilingual model and the welcoming kindergarten and primary feel. The thinner spots show up in support staffing, with one teacher account flagging that counsellor capacity for behaviour support has not always kept pace with growth. Best fit for Qatari and Arab families who want the IB academic frame without losing weight on Arabic and national identity.

• The public parent review pool is essentially empty. International Schools Database, SchoolBrowse and International School Advisor either return zero parent reviews or no usable narrative, despite the school enrolling around 1,850 students.
• Substantive signal sits on the staff side and is sharply negative. Glassdoor carries 14 reviews including titles such as "Stay Away (3rd Grade & Up)" and "This is not a school". One reviewer described working there as "an absolute nightmare" that "felt like psychological warfare".
• Leadership stability is the recurring complaint. Reviewers cite "four principals in one year" and a Middle School that went through "7 science teachers and 4 English teachers in one academic year".
• One review described the school as "a family business managed by people with zero academic experience" and questioned how it maintains MOE accreditation.
• two prospective international teachers asked openly about "etqan global academy in Doha" and received no answers, suggesting limited inside knowledge in those forums.
• Parent-side experience is therefore not directly visible. The pattern of leadership churn and turnover is the signal parents have to weigh.