This is good, but continuous rewards within short time interval results to fake commitment some time. As such, we need to be careful on how we give rewards.
My school was identified as a school in need of intervention since we have issues with low academic performance and high levels of indiscipline with students.
There is a school developmental plan which seeks to address the issues of academic performance and behavioral issues. The school intervention team has also created a policy to assist students with academic performance and behavioral issues. We are suppose to get assistance from the ministry of education with resources but our visits from curriculum officers only seeks to get data on lesson plans, assessments, schemes of work and record and forecast. We have been promised needed resources such as furniture for teachers and students, infra-structural repairs and upgrading the school old infrastructure, specialist rooms, internet, devices, projectors for classes, markers and other basic resources to teach with. So far, none of these things have been delivered to the school and therefore we can explain our results based on the schoolsâ internal policies and the also on the lack of support from other main agencies in the education system.
Targets have been set for a 3 year period and each department also have an action plan to carry out the policy of change. The policy tries to use realistic values when writing reports since resources are very scarce and the persons who work with the curriculum division is in charge of 20 to 30 schools in the district.
No doubt other interventions can be done especially with an online program but many students do not have devices and connectivity which is a challenge since many of them come from low socio- economic backgrounds.
The school is trying to start a reading program to assist students with reading issues, we have not been able to get many students tested for learning disabilities since our referrals somehow goes missing each term when the ministry changes around personnel.
There have been some success with the reading program but it is an internal arrangement using lunch time and free periods.
It is frustrated when you do not see progress or any improvements but we continue to raise our concerns and issues to administration and union representatives.
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As the first-class provider of quality education in both conventional and ODFeL schooling systems with adequate learning and teaching facilities. The school also motivate the students by considering their welfare and access to guidance councillor.
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Some of the officials often join online classes on knowingly for both students and facilitators to ascertain if students are attending classes and to know the delivery method of the facilitator. The school encourages students who didnât perform well through a guidance councillor and also suggests through the facilitators and lecturers to peer students with deficiencies with brilliant ones who are studying the same course.
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If the M & E can be followed to the latter, all the objectives and goal will be achieved.
Learner overall percentage attendance in a course and level of skill achievement. this can be monitored perfectly and easily with online learning tools.
My institution requires that every applicant have at least five O 'Level credit with English and Mathematic from not more that two sitting and post UTME test. At Ordinary National Diploma (ND) 1 students are required to pass at least 5 course before proceeding to the next level. After the completion on ND 1, students are required to participate in a six weeks Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) program before their ND 2. After the completion of the OND programme they are required to go for one year industrial attachment with any related organisation. Before returning for their Higher National Diploma
The college sets to achieve quality content being developed to ensure the materials uploaded on LMS is standard , It has invested on quality training by ensuring all trainers , trainees are conversant on how to use the system. It has also lowered the fees for blended learning.
- Obtaining not less than 80% pass rate per academic year.
- Increasing the number of final students being admitted into tertiary institutions.
- Lowering tuition fees so that learners will be able to concentrate in buying computers and smart-phones and be able to access open educational resources from the internet.
- Employment of specialists in students and faculty support services (academic and technical).
True, monitoring and evaluation are essential after the implementation process.
These are general standards that schools aim to achieve to ensure a high-quality education
- Academic Excellence: Maintaining high academic standards and achieving positive learning outcomes for students.
- Curriculum Relevance: Ensuring that the curriculum is up-to-date, relevant, and aligned with national educational standards.
- Qualified and Effective Teachers: Employing qualified and well-trained teachers who are dedicated to their studentsâ success.
- Student Support Services: Providing support services, such as counseling and special education, to meet the diverse needs of students.
- Safe and Inclusive Environment: Creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment that promotes diversity and reduces discrimination.
- Adequate Resources: Ensuring schools have the necessary resources, including textbooks, technology, and facilities, to support effective teaching and learning.
- Parent and Community Engagement: Encouraging active involvement of parents and the community in the education process.
- Professional Development: Offering continuous professional development for teachers and staff to keep up with the latest teaching methods and educational research.
- Assessment and Accountability: Implementing fair and effective assessment practices and being accountable for educational outcomes.
- Transparent and Ethical Governance: Maintaining transparent and ethical governance, which includes financial responsibility and adherence to policies and regulations.
We have standards in terms of what courses should look like before they are posted online. Also standards in terms of graduation rates and teacher to student ratios.
These are ambitious targets.
Our school aims to be the best in this province and also to be one of the best in Fiji. This is in terms of Academic achievements, discipline of children and staffs and the availability and standards of the facilities and resources.
In my institution, we refer to national standards and regulations such as the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVETA) Act 2013, Kenya National Qualifications Framework, the Legal Order No. 90 of 2016 and the institutional Quality Management System (QMS)
- Increase access to quality education through ODFL
Activities
a. Establishing an LMS/Moodle platform
b. Training of trainers how to use the LMS
c. Training of trainers on online content development
d. Development of online courses
Actually this should be the first steps to ensure quality is achieved. The quality of trainers is improved
Educational institutions are often judged according to student success rates, as
determined by pass rates in final year-end examinations. At the beginning of an
academic year, an institution may set certain goals to achieve in terms of
numbers of students who pass public examinations at the end of the year, or firstclass passes in its examination class. With all other factors held constant, this
becomes an important quality goal to work towards throughout the course of the
year. The target to be achieved is the institutionâs perception of quality in terms
of student success. After examinations are written and results are out, the
institution evaluates the extent to which it achieved its set goal. Both strengths
and shortcomings are identified; the former are reinforced, and the latter are
addressed to improve results for the next cohorts of students. Setting goals and
investing sufficient human, financial and time resources to work towards the
achievement of those goals are key quality processes that lead to better quality
in an educational institution. All staff and other stakeholders in the institution
need to understand the goals, buy into them and pull together to realise them.
Strategies
Provision of adequate resources
Trainer to trainee ratio
Continuous capacity building of staff
There are a number offactors to be considered when selecting a particular institution to attend to. This list may look like as below:
- The passrate of its learners
- The maintanance of the environment
- Learner support systems
- Timely communications
- Learner centred focus systems
- The disciplinary policies
For the school/college to achieve some of these standards, the institution need to develop and implement POLICIES that will speak to those standards
Standard is a a benchmark that school must reach. We must have standard in quality, access and management of the school.
- Quality standard - quality teaching and learning. The outcome must be for the best interest of students
- standard of access - accessibility to schools must be of quality. Anything in the school that the student and teachers will access to must be of better standards. For instance, building and infrastructures, classroom environment, food environment and types, boarding and accomodation to name a few.
- Standard management - the transparency and accountability of managing school funds and resources. there are standards that govern this area.
Activities to achieve standards are;
- teaching and learning, student assessments, national standard exams, academic meetings, professional learning networks
- Annual work plan, school development plan, School improvement plans, etc
- Financing and resourcing management.
- TEVETA ensures that all students accessing TEVET Examinations for most programmes have a pass rate of 50%.
- Marking of summative TEVET examinations follow quality marking at national level while continuous assessments are verified by externals validators.