The National Authority for Quality
Assurance and Accreditation of
Education
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High Quality Education
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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. It calls
for education that is based on the higher levels of
Bloom's learning taxonomy which includes
applicability, analysis, synthesis, evaluation and
creation. It calls for a learner-centered teaching
method.
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. It is a USAID Program.
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.
Quality education is defined as one that focuses on
the learner to prepare them for life, not just for
assessments. It demands a shift in focus from the
learner’s gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
status and geographical location to their social,
emotional, mental, physical and cognitive
development.
This means that quality education doesn’t just refer
to the course material, but to the approach and
intention of teaching.
In 2012, the United Nations listed quality education
as one of their Sustainable Development Goals for
the first time.
Quality education shouldn’t be a new concept
because, shouldn’t all educational bodies be focused
on the needs and development of learners rather
than their profiles? Unfortunately, this isn’t always
the case.
Now more than ever, there is a need for quality
education to remove biases and offer fair
opportunities to all learners.
Helping learners will also help communities and
societies prosper. In such a racially and culturally
diverse world we live in today, quality education
needs to be commonplace, fast.
For schools and educators, quality education will
allow you to better align and integrate with
communities.
With technology changing the world of education,
there are more opportunities for students, but not
equal opportunities for all students. Quality education
and its methods can help educators to bridge the
gap between technology and student financing.
There are three key pillars of quality
education:
By raising the standards for educators and doing
regular training, educational institutions can upskill
teachers and provide quality educators to all
learners.
This may require more resources, so it is important
to access and Prioritize school funding to make
sure students and teachers alike are getting what
they need.
Quality education is learner-focused, but educators
can’t monitor each and every student 24/7. This is
where technology comes into play.
With the use of helpful tools such as free online
libraries, online counselling and AI chat buddies,
learners will be able to assess themselves, solve
problems and find information in areas where
they lack understanding.
A supporting environment creates a safe space for
all learners to listen, learn and ask for help.
This can mean being unbiased and receptive to all
students, providing proper training for all learners
and ensuring all students have access to the
necessary tools.
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
“To develop the quality of education and its
continuous improvement and to accredit educational
institutions according to national standards that are
independent, impartial and transparent and comply
with international standards.”
What does it include?
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
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 high 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 ?
Is the school related to the environment around it
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-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
B-The educational participation
includes:
1-The Learner.
Does the learner participate in the education process
Does he express himself, work in pairs, work in groups,
think, pair, share, apply, evaluate, analyze and create
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 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 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. Then, 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:
Teaching Life-skills
3-Middle School Education
4--High schools Education.
5-USA Education System.
6-UK Education System
7-Egyptian Education System.
8-Classroom Language Journal.
9-Creating a storytelling Classroom.
10- Twenty Testing mistakes to avoid.
11-Referencing
12-Blogs and Networks in the Classroom.
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