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In
August 2006, a
decision was issued to establish the CHEQ as a
non-profit institution working in Palestine. The Council is
run by 13 members including
specialist Palestinian academics who cooperate with number of Arab academics all over the Arab countries. The
Council observes and measures
quality of Arab universities, with
the aim to help these institutions enhance the management of
their quality and standards. The Council
publishes the studies and reports raised to it by its local
and external members. These documents should reflect a
realistic picture of the status of the Arab universities,
highlighting its areas of weakness as well as its areas of
strengths. It is hoped that these reports would promote
efforts to introduce an effective reform policy that would
bring about real improvements.
Tasks and Objectives
of the Council
The Council aims
to achieve a major objective which is to encourage
continuous improvement in the management of the quality of
higher education in the Arab world
It seeks to make this contribution through:
1- Observes
Quality standards in the Arab
universities through specialist and certified Quality
observerors, who work with the Council in every Arab
country. These observerors report their
observing activities periodically to the Council.
2- Accrediting new higher
education institutions which work in distance education.
3- Accrediting new academic &
professional distance learning programs.
4- Produce annual reports identifying the positive and the
negative aspects of higher education in
Palestine and the Arab countries.
5- Cooperate with a number of reputable and outstanding
Quality institutions worldwide, provide them with annual
reports, and distribute these reports to some media means
for wider circulation.
6- Encourage Arab universities to enhance their quality
standard by means of reorganizing their institutions yearly,
according to Quality standards based on the Quality
indicator outlined by the Council.
7- The findings of the observing
process will be published at the end of every academic year
on our website, and will be distributed to universities and
Quality institutions.
Quality and Quality Assurance
Several definitions have been set for the term "Quality"
most of which have a purely economic feature.
"Quality" has been defined as the customer's or
beneficiary’s satisfaction with the product or the service,
and how far the product or the service is free from deficits
or defects. It also means knowing the beneficiary's
expectations from the service, and satisfying his quality
requirements.
In Education it is difficult to arrive at a direct or a
precise definition of "Quality", although the term is widely
used in Education and Learning issues.
Some people describe the term "Quality Education" as being
elusive, vague and to a large extent controversial, just as
is the case in industry.
"Quality" concept falls within six major axis:
1- Quality means achieving objectives; therefore a higher
education institution of high quality lays down specific
objectives, and achieves these objectives in a good manner.
2- Quality inputs and process: accomplishing objectives
depends on a number of factors ahead of which is the quality
of materialistic and human inputs, and the methods and
operations used to invest these inputs.
3- Standard Quality: The term "Quality" here is standard
instead of being only descriptive. The performance is rated
as "excellent" or "good" or "bad" based on a definite
standard degree scale.
4- Quality Vs Quantity: Good education strikes and maintains
a balance between quality and quantity.
5- Technocrat óóQuality: is the ability of the educational
system to meet the technological and economic needs of the
community.
6- Tripartite Quality: is a combination of three sub-Quality
types:
a- Design Quality, where the
specifications for planning and work are determined
b- Performance óóQuality: is
undertaking works in conformity with specific standards.
c- Output Quality: Getting an
educational output and educational services that meet the
expected specifications.
Accreditation
University
institutions which operate under the system of distance
education and wish to be accredited and
have accreditation
for their educational programs,
please send a request to this regard and
will provide you with ad hoc
forms. The request should
be sent by e-mail to the secretary of the
council.
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