Qatar Finance and Business Academy partners with Prometric to launch state-of-the-art test centre

Doha, 24 June 2013

Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) has partnered with Prometric, a trusted provider of market-leading test development and delivery solutions, for the launch of its official test centre. The QFBA Prometric Test Centre Inauguration ceremony will be held at QFBA's premises in West Bay on Monday, 24^th of June.

QFBA decided to partner with Prometric in order to help organizations in Qatar create and deliver exam programmers that accurately measure its participants' skills. Prometric was the obvious choice as it brings with it a wealth of experience including decades of expertise and a global network of more than 400 organizations worldwide.

In addition, QFBA will now take on the added role of being an industry gatekeeper that ensures that people legitimately earn their credentials, and will also guarantee a fair testing experience for all participants.

Prometric's goal is to securely deliver exams to people who are seeking to improve their lives, whether this is by starting a new career, further developing their skills or simply improving existing ones. Further, the individuals that partake in these exams are adding to their qualifications for a promotion, taking school entrance exams or for professional development.

Key representatives from QFBA and Prometric will attend Monday night ceremony and the evening's guest of honor will be the Managing Director of Qatar Financial Center Authority (QFCA) Mr. Abdulrahman Al Shaibi.

At the event, QFBA's CEO Dr. Abdulaziz Al Horr will highlight the overall importance of the centre and the exams that it offers.

QFBA's test centre is equipped with state of the art facilities and formed sound proof walls to ensure that their valued participants are able to achieve maximum concentration and comfort levels while sitting for their exams. QFBA states that when people are taking tests that they want a reliable, convenient and hassle free experience and they incorporated this feedback into their test centre.

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QFBA is a subsidiary of QFC Authority set up with the intention to create a Qatar-based learning and development organization for delivering pragmatic and innovative financial services education. Our learning benefits entry-level to senior executive professionals in essential financial disciplines within the sectors of banking, asset management, capital markets and insurance.

Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is a trusted provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment. Committed to a set of values that get the right test to the right location at the right time and to the right test taker, Prometric supports candidates worldwide who take close to 10 million tests each year. Through innovation, workflow automation and standardization, Prometric advances test development and delivery solutions that are better, faster and at less cost.

Prometric delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of more than 8,000 test centers in more than 160 countries and on behalf of more than 400 clients in the academic, financial, government, healthcare, professional, corporate and information technology markets.

For more information, please visit www.prometric.com.

For further information please contact the following:
Agency Contact
Hassan Akasheh
Telephone: +974 4436 5028
Mobile: +974 5555 7509
Email: Hassan.akasheh@fp7.com

Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) Contact
Dania Pharaon
Telephone: +974 4496 8268
Mobile: +974 5509 3520
Email: d.pharaon@qfba.edu.qa