Evaluation Criteria for School Institutions

1- Adopting the institutional system. School institutions are keen to adopt a clearly defined hierarchical institutional system governed by the principles and laws regulating their work, so that their board of directors is headed by academically and practically qualified persons who work on a full-time basis; and both the president and his deputy enjoy the required administrative and executive authority.
2- General frame of reference. School institutions set a vision, mission, goals and ethical values ​​regulating their work, which are officially adopted by their board of directors, and are published through a fixed electronic reference that indicates their name and work activity.
3- Strategic plan. School institutions adopt an announced strategic plan that outlines the plan and describes the institution’s development projects in terms of educational effectiveness, enhancing the quality of rehabilitation and training programs, and improving institutional practices.
4- Financial stability and accountability. The school has sufficient financial resources that are well documented in terms of available sources, revenues and expenditures. These school institutions are subject to a comprehensive financial audit by an external office with scientific, practical and professional experience.
5- Nature of work. School institutions are keen on constructive and successful interaction between their administrators and students in accordance with the system of values ​​and ethics governing society.
6- Admission policies. Admission policies in school institutions are clearly defined and consistent with their mission, objectives, and the values ​​and ethics governing institutional work based on transparency, clarity, and integrity; these policies work to align students’ abilities with admission to their programs.
7- School institution employees. Appointed members in school institutions have appropriate credentials and sufficient experience. The size of the institution’s staff is proportional to the number of activities and programs offered.
8- Research outputs. School institutions have official documents that clearly align student outcomes and competencies with research topics. In addition, these school institutions have official documents on the methods used systematically in the educational programs they adopt.
9- Human resources. School institutions have human resources with sufficient and appropriate qualifications to ensure the success of their educational work.
10- Material resources. School institutions have sufficient material resources to support the effectiveness of educational programs.
11- Integrity. Schools provide their students with their printed and electronic publications, accurate information about their licensing, the composition of their board of directors, the qualifications of their administrators, the curricula of the programs offered and the status of their program accreditation, their policies and regulations regarding teachers, staff and financial resources, school subscription fees, complaints and grievance procedures regarding all school departments, their observance of confidentiality, their commitment to the system of values ​​of neutrality, fairness, non-discrimination, respect for civic values ​​and protection of freedom of expression, and their mechanism(s) for investigating any breach of the above-mentioned values ​​and ethical practices.