Sharjah: 74 private schools’ performance to be reviewed

Sharjah: 74 private schools’ performance to be reviewed

Sharjah: Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) has launched the second round of its school performance review ‘Itqan’, which will continue until next March targeting 74 private schools. The launch on January 15 saw Dr Muhadditha Al Hashimi, chairperson of SPEA; Ziad Shatat, director of SPEA’s Continuous Improvement Department and Project Manager; a number of department heads from SPEA, and a group of evaluation and school improvement experts present for the release of the review. The scheme that aims to implement a comprehensive review of the quality of Sharjah private schools performance was launched following extensive training courses, targeted 36 private schools in its first phase between October and November last year. “It was a successful first phase measured by the promising results and the positive feedback,” said Dr Muhadditha. She added that the results will contribute to achieving an exceptionally advanced education system that employs best local and international educational practices. “These results are also a testament to the commitment shown by the emirate’s private schools towards improvement.” Results of the evaluation, which is carried out in a collaborative process between the authority and schools, are shared with schools administrations within four weeks time, before being made public to community