Why? Because currently it's cheap and relatively easy. Qatar is a small, rich and young (relatively) country. For now it's easy to fund education because government income is relatively high compared to expenses.
Eventually those new paved highways will need to be refurbished, bridges and tunnels will need to be rebuilt, the population will get older and require more medical coverage. And private insurance will do their damnedest to make sure those old fogies are offloaded to the state. And the oil will run out. And once that happens the government will run on it's sovereign investment funds for a while.
I've seen this in my own state, Florida. With 500 people per day moving in the government was flush with cash earmarked for education. Then the building permits stopped; class size went up, field trips and extracurricular activities went down. Now teachers are being given more responsibility (as pseudoparents) and less pay you get plenty leaving (the young ones) or waiting it out until the retirement (the older ones). It's been a downward spiral ever since.
Eventually those new paved highways will need to be refurbished, bridges and tunnels will need to be rebuilt, the population will get older and require more medical coverage. And private insurance will do their damnedest to make sure those old fogies are offloaded to the state. And the oil will run out. And once that happens the government will run on it's sovereign investment funds for a while.
I've seen this in my own state, Florida. With 500 people per day moving in the government was flush with cash earmarked for education. Then the building permits stopped; class size went up, field trips and extracurricular activities went down. Now teachers are being given more responsibility (as pseudoparents) and less pay you get plenty leaving (the young ones) or waiting it out until the retirement (the older ones). It's been a downward spiral ever since.