Doha, Qatar: The launch of the Quality Assurance Guide for educational and training centers in Qatar by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) is part of its ongoing efforts to develop performance and improve efficiency and effectiveness in the non-school education and training sectors.
The issuance of the guide reflects the direction of those in charge of the education and training sectors in Qatar, toward raising the level of quality and achieving institutional excellence in these fields, and enabling centers to understand licensing requirements and monitor performance, as well as enhancing the protection of beneficiaries of education and training by ensuring the existence of an accredited institutional environment and clear standards.
Regarding the introduction of the new guide to the quality of educational and training centers, Director of the Educational Services Centers Department at the MoEHE Eman Ali Al Nuaimi told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the guide is an integrated document that enhances the quality of training and education in Qatar to ensure the quality of educational and training outputs, reaching the highest level of quality to achieve the standards.
She indicated that it includes procedures and tools for evaluating centers according to specific processes aimed at raising the efficiency of centers and contributing to improving the services provided.
She added that the guide was built on clear scientific foundations based relying on global quality guides, starting from planning and preparation, setting specific goals for the guide, forming quality teams, analysing requirements, a strong understanding of the nature of the work of educational and training service centers, and identifying standards, their areas, and indicators of achievement for each standard (KPIs).
Al Nuaimi noted that the international quality standards were reviewed by global accreditation institutions, and official bodies were consulted to review the guide. An implementation plan was developed, starting with the pilot phase and culminating in the final version and distribution to all educational service centers.
Regarding the main objectives that the guide aims to achieve, she said the guide seeks to establish a system for evaluating the performance of educational and training centers according to unified procedures that are characterized by fairness through the application of national standards to ensure the quality of educational and training centers.
