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06-Aug-2020
Abu-Ghazaleh: Consulting Irbid Model School to Get AROQA Accreditation
IRBID, Jordan -
Irbid Model School signed an accreditation agreement with the Arab Organization
for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA) as part of its endeavor to meet the Organization’s
education quality assurance requirements.
HE Dr. Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh, AROQA chairman, pointed out that AROQA strives to develop and
improve the educational level in the Arab world as well as to keep abreast of
professional and technological advancement in accordance with the highest
standards and in line with the development in the knowledge era which is
strongly embracing digital learning.
The agreement
was signed by Mr. Yaser Al Nadi, AROQA Executive Director, and Mr. Mudar Abdul
Hadi, representative of the Director General of Irbid Model School.
During the
signing ceremony, Mr. Abdul Hadi expressed his pride in cooperating with AROQA.
He expressed particular gratitude to Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh, pointing out that the
School seeks, through the accreditation agreement, to achieve exceptional
results and outcomes by applying education quality and capacity-building
systems.
For his part,
Al Nadi stated that AROQA offers quality, accreditation and consulting services
as well as capacity building services in education, with the aim of promoting
the culture of education quality accreditation in light of the technological
revolution, information and communications technology.
Towards this
goal, AROQA held a capacity-building workshop for the School staff on standards
and indicators of the School Accreditation Program relating to various areas of
education, learning, students, institutional efficiency, resources,
communication, creativity and excellence in addition to training the School
teams.
During the
workshop, the School was introduced to more than 100 indicators of the
accreditation program, most notably the curriculum’s ability to provide
students with the necessary knowledge and skills, the utilization of a
comprehensive evaluation system, the documentation of results and outputs that
measure improvement in addition to the availability of the necessary technical
materials and resources that support the educational process as well as the
commitment to the continuous development process for quality assurance.
Arab
Organization for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA) is an international
non-for-profit independent association established in Belgium in 2007 with the
fundamental objective of raising the quality of higher education in general
with a special focus on the Arab world.
Irbid Model
School, among the largest schools in the north of the Kingdom, was established
in 1970 and was awarded the quality management accreditation. It aims at
providing quality education that ensures excellence and creativity.