English abstract
The study aimed to develop a proposed framework for school accreditation in Oman in the light of the experience of the USA, Canada and Egypt. It also aimed to identify the intellectual foundation of school accreditation. Analysis of the experiences of these countries was done which revealed similarities and differences between them in applying the school accreditation. Moreover, the study aimed to identify the intellectual foundations of school accreditation and to explore the view of experts on the proposed framework.
In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the comparative approach was implemented. The proposed framework was distributed to 20 experts, divided into three groups: (1) academics who are specialized in the educational administration, (2) educational experts at the Ministry of Education and (3) experts from the General Secretariat of the Education Council.
The proposed framework included: (a) the proposed conceptual framework, (b) the objectives of the proposed framework, (c) the mechanisms of implementing the proposed framework, (d) the objectives of the school accreditation, (e) the accreditation procedures, (f) the school accreditation standards, (g) the validity of the certificate Dependence, (h) requirements for successful proposed visualization, and (i) challenges to the proposed scenario.
