Eighty-seven schools in Bahrain were deemed inadequate following a review by the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA).
According to the authority’s 11th annual report, 269 schools across all four governorates were evaluated – 207 government schools and 62 private schools.
According to the Education and Training Institute’s performance review director general Dr Haya Al Mannai, 67 public schools and 20 private schools were deemed inadequate – representing 32 per cent of the schools in Bahrain.
“The BQA, represented by the Public Schools Performance Review Directorate, has reviewed the performance of 207 government schools and 31 schools were rated ‘outstanding’, 39 ‘good’, 70 ‘satisfactory’ and 67 ‘inadequate’,” she said in a statement yesterday.
She also revealed that the necessary adjustments were made with a focus on the skills of the 21st century, enhancing students’ safety and security in the school environment as well as empowering students and providing the requirements for special needs students.
The directorate started the first phase of the fourth cycle of evaluations in February 2019 by evaluating 20 government schools, four of which were rated ‘outstanding’, eight ‘good’, six ‘satisfactory’ and two ‘inadequate’.
“The second cycle of evaluations was completed for the private schools and kindergartens in the first semester of the 2018-2019 academic year and 62 private schools were evaluated, six rated ‘outstanding’, seven ‘good’, 29 ‘satisfactory’ and 20 ‘inadequate’,” added Dr Al Mannai.
Evaluation
“The first phase of the third cycle of evaluations for private schools has commenced in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year, and four schools retained their current ratings – one as ‘outstanding’, one as ‘good’ and two as ‘satisfactory while two schools dropped from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘inadequate’.”
Meanwhile, during the vocational training evaluation 96 institutions were evaluated and 11 were rated ‘outstanding’, 34 ‘good’, 40 ‘satisfactory’ and 11 were deemed ‘inadequate’.
Four private universities and two government universities were also evaluated according to a two-pronged evaluation system and all were deemed as meeting the quality assurance requirements following an evaluation which concluded in October of the 2018-2019 academic year.
Dr Al Mannai also highlighted that the BQA will continue its efforts to collaborate with educational institutions to push the developmental wheel forward towards empowerment and quality to achieve its vision and the Bahrain Economic Vision 2030.
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