Education with a Good Quality.

The National Authority for Quality

Assurance and Accreditation of

Education

Education with a Good Quality

Introduction

The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation

of Education “NAQAAE” was established by the issuing of Law

No. 82 for the Year 2006 and its executive regulations organized

by its corresponding Bylaws issued in 2007.

A key part of NAQAAE role is to review how providers of higher education, such as universities and colleges, maintain their

academic standards and quality​. ​

NAQAAE also produce a range of other guidance to help education providers ensure that students receive a high quality experience of higher education.​

NAQAAE provides technical support to identify the national priorities and associated capacity-building requirements, raise awareness of opportunities and promote ownership of recommended programs.

Vision

To be recognized, nationally and internationally, as a leading quality assurance and accreditation body and an essential partner in the path of educational reform and development in Egypt

Education of a good quality

Quality education includes quality...............:

Learners who are healthy, well-nourished and ready to participate

and learn, and supported in learning by their families and

communities;

Environments that are healthy, safe, protective and gender-sensitive,

and provide adequate resources and facilities;

Content that is reflected in relevant curricula and materials for the

acquisition of basic skills, especially in the areas of literacy,

numeracy and skills for life, and knowledge in such areas as

gender, health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS prevention and peace.

Processes through which trained teachers use child-centered

teaching approaches in well-managed classrooms and schools

and skillful assessment to facilitate learning and reduce disparities.

The outcomes  encompass knowledge, skills and attitudes, and are   linked to national goals for education and positive participation in society.

According to "NAQAAE " Program, we should have education with a good quality.  First, what is an education of a good quality ?

 It is the education that has very high learning outcomes and

learning styles.  In order to talk about an  education of a good

quality, we should know that the education of a good quality 

has 2 wings.

In other words, I mean that the education of a good quality domains include 2 items:

A- The Association abilities.

B- The educational participation.

A-The Association abilities include:

1-The vision and the mission.

The vision means a dream we look forward to achieving  through some strategies that help us to reach such a vision.

For example, if our vision is a school with a good quality, then the strategy to reach such vision will be applying the activity-based learning method.

2-Education Leadership.

This refers to the school administration and if they apply the school laws and rules fairly or not.  Do they know their roles, duties and responsibilities? Do they apply democracy in holding their councils or not?  They should care about helping all the staff to do their jobs in a friendly way.

If they accept applying the latest methods of education and technology in teaching or not.  Does the school principal help in solving school problems? Does he carry out the Idara and the Modoraya instructions? Does he believe in change and professional development?

3-The human and financial resources.

The human resources refer to the staff, the learners and the administration members and if they are equipped with the knowledge that help us to change or not.

Does the process of recruitment depend on a good plan?Do the teachers get training units, workshops and video conferences to help them to progress or not? Are the people secure? Is the school secure? 

The financial resources include the funds that are needed for

the cost of the education process . Does the school have a library, teaching tools, laboratories and textbooks or not? Does it have

means of technology to be used in teaching or not? Is there a

social worker and a psychologist at school? Is there a medical

care inside school or not?

4-The social participation.

Does the school have a relation with the learners' parents or not? 

Is the school related to the environment around it or not?

 Is the school related to all the associations around it or not?

Do the parents contribute in helping the education process

through donations or volunteering to work as assistant teachers?

Does the school hold school councils to meet parents regularly?

5-The Good quality, its rewards and accountability.

When there is a change, all people are exposed to be rewarded for

their efficiency and their efficient participation but the careless

ones should be questioned for their carelessness or for their

refusal for the change or the professional development.

B-The educational participation includes:

1-The Learner.

Does the learner participate in the education process or not?

Does he express himself, work in pairs, work in groups, think, pair, share, apply, evaluate, analyze and create or not?

2-The Teacher.

Does the teacher plan his lessons well? Does he work for a curriculum analysis ? Does he have a monthly syllabus plan?Does he use the electronic lesson plan?Does he use electronic programs in teaching and assessment? Does he apply the activity-based learning method? Does he develop himself professionally through training units and attending workshops and conferences? Does he like change and accept it or not?

3-The Curriculum.

Does the school curriculum deal with the environment around?

Does it encourage thinking, pairing and sharing? Does it seek for practical education or teaching with creation? Does it encourage learners to analyze and innovate? Does it use technology in teaching? Does it help in solving problems? Does it encourage learners' projects, researches, interviews and experimental education? Does it encourage calling for values, citizenship and loyalty? Does it encourage learning activities inside and outside class beside activities outside school as a long term project?

4-The Educational process atmosphere.

Is the relation between the administration and the teachers co-operative? Is the relation between the leaders and the learners responsive? Is the relation between the teacher and the learners reactive, friendly and fatherly? Do people use democracy in discussion and argument? Does every one respect the rights and the duties of himself and of others?

1-The  Domain:

Suppose that the education policy calls for teaching values.

Them, the domain here will be " Values ".

2- The Standards:

The standard of the " values domain" includes : Learning about the life , sharing and Co-operation.

3-The Indicators:

The indicators of co-operation include co-operative learning which will be apparent inside the classroom when learners practice active learning through pair work and group work. This will be the evidence

of active learning inside the classroom.

4-The Practice:

synthesize, to analyze and to synthesize is to imagine and to

Teaching Life-skills