متطلبات تأهيل المدارس الأهلية بمنطقة القصيم للحصول على الاعتماد في ضوء معايير هيئة تقويم التعليم والتدريب بالسعودية: دراسة مزجية.

The study aimed to diagnose the reality of the readiness of private schools in the Qassim region to obtain accreditation in light of the standards of the Education and Training Evaluation Commission, and to investigate the requirements for qualifying private schools in the Qassim region to obtain accreditation from the point of view of experts. To achieve this, the researchers relied on the mixed approach; according to the interpretive sequential pattern, and used the questionnaire, interview and observation. The questionnaire represented a measure of the level of qualification in two axes: the level of quality culture through two dimensions: cognitive and value-based, and the schools’ fulfillment of the standards of the Education and Training Evaluation Commission. It was applied to a representative sample of principals, deputies, student guides and teachers in private schools in Qassim. After analyzing the results of the questionnaire, the researchers conducted interviews with a targeted sample from the same community; To interpret the extreme statements shown by the questionnaire results, aspects of the school environment were observed through a standardized observation card, and the study relied on the Delphi method in its prospective aspect. The study sample amounted to (302) to whom the questionnaire tool was applied, while the interview sample amounted to (15) individuals, and the observation sample amounted to (16) private schools, while the experts numbered (16) experts according to the last round. The study concluded that: The reality of the readiness of private schools in the Qassim region to obtain accreditation in the first axis, which is the level of prevalence of the culture of quality in private schools in the Qassim region, was achieved to a large degree at a rate of (88.53%), while the second axis, which is the level of schools' compliance with the standards of the Education and Training Evaluation Commission, was achieved to a medium degree at a rate of (68.00%), and the results of the Delphi method showed the experts' agreement on six axes: spreading the culture of quality, school administration, teaching and learning, learning outcomes, school environment, general requirements, and their agreement on the phrases of their sub-requirements with a very high degree of importance with a general average of (96.12). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]