The Department of Quality Assurance and Standards 25/08/2015
Background:
The Quality Assurance Service (inspectorate) is a department of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Puntland State of Somalia. Itis three years old (established Dec,2009), and before the current administration took over, it was not in existence. The Chief Inspector of Schools (CIS) heads the department. He is the senior professional adviser to the Director General Education. Staff who are recruited as Quality Assurance Officers have had special training and successful professional experience in education.
The department is the professional arm of the Ministry of Education and charged with the establishment, maintenance and improvement of standards of education in the Puntland Primary and secondary schools. Through interaction with the schools, the department collects the necessary data and information and informs the Ministry on the trends in standards and achievements in the education within Puntland. The department was initially referred to as the “the Inspectorate”. It is now referred to as “Department of Quality Assurance and Standards”. This demonstrates the importance the Puntland Government is placing on issues of quality education
The ‘mission’ of the Department of Quality Assurance and Standards is to establish, maintain and improve educational standards in the State. Its ‘vision’ is to provide quality assurance feedback to all educational stakeholders on all educational institutions in Puntland. From the mission and vision statements of this department, it is clear that it is a very central department in the provision of quality assurance in education.
We contribute towards achieving the Government’s strategic goal of “Improving the relevance and quality of education.”
We do this by promoting sustainable improvements in standards, quality and achievement for all children in Puntland’s schools through first-hand evaluation (inspection) and providing high quality professional advice.
The MOE is keen to move beyond approaches to supervision and inspection of schools which measure compliance with minimum standards, and adopt approaches which more effectively promote school improvement.
Draft structure of QA department at Ministry of education of Puntland Government.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2010 – DATE
Notwithstanding the aforementioned issues, we highlight the following achievements:
- successful performance of core roles and functions in the face of obstacles and challenges;
- successful planning and coordinating of training programmes for central /regional supervisors, REOs and DEOs;
- successful supervision of crisis situations in schools;
- liaising with internal and external agencies to promote health, safety and security in schools;
- Facilitation of the development, assessment, approval and supervision of School Improvement Plans (SIPs);
- Inspection tools:There are tools that were prepared to serve the purpose of inspection and assurance of quality in standards;
- Inspection exercise: The Inspectorate prepared a whole school inspection/supervision timetable that took place three times in the last three year;
- partial success in the implementation of CAP in primary schools;
- the National Guidelines for School Improvement have been produced;
- a set of minimum standards for Primary, Secondary and alternative education have been developed and APPROVED;
- Completion and implementation of the MLA tests in Puntland grade4 and 7 : The Minimum Learning Acheivements test is an idea of the ICDSEA Result Area 4 whose objective is to measure literacy and numeracy levels of Puntland pupils at this learning level;
- 12 MoE employees trained in curriculum assessment and evaluation:
- Set of minimum professional standards for teacher certification are developed and staff trained.
- Developed systems to assess learning outcomes and the overall performance of the primary, secondary, and alternative education system in delivering core competencies required.
- developed the basis of an effective system of school supervision for primary and secondary that measures progress and identify weaknesses, with personnel trained
- MoE department and regional staff trained in the skills of supervision in PL.
- Training provided for school administrators on minimum standards of curricula, teaching and assessment;
In the present reforms, the department and Unit of School Supervision will undergo radical and far-reaching change. Though the Chief Inspector and‘Head Office’ arethe key players in ensuring high quality schooling, their activities of thedepartment are mostly school-based.
The department remains committed to the current reform thrust, its goals and its values.
Key Issues/Challenges
The departmentworks with certain constraints and challenges, some of which are listed below:
- overload of normal and peripheral duties;
- inadequate performance assessment system;
- lack of modern productivity training and professional equipment;
- poor recruitment regime;
- inadequate office and equipment resources and environments.
- there is no allocation in the Ministry budget for this exercise, then it does not take place.
- Human resources: Another challenge that the Department faces is in terms of its personnel; there are very few qualified supervisors at the district and regional levels.
Recommendations
In pursuit of excellence and quality, the following recommendations are hereby suggested:
- the formulation of an action plan;
- the development of a Procedure Manual for School Supervisors that outlines procedures for the key activities of school supervisors;
- continuous professional development for school supervisors;
- provision of resources (human, physical/facilities, financial) for optimal functioning of education districts;
- provision of technical training and equipment for school supervisors to do their job effectively;
- effective and meaningful recruitment procedures for the selection of new school supervisors;
- a mandatory long-term in-service training and certification plan for the current and new Regional school supervisors;
PL MoEHE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
Event Start End
Dhacdo BilowDhammaad
School Opening Day 3rd August 2015
First Term Duration 3rd August2015 4th January 2015
BilowgaTeeramka 1aad 3daAgoosto 2015 4taJanaayo 2015
Teachers Day 21st November2015 21st November2015
MaalintaMacalimiinta 21daNofeembar2015 21daNofeembar2015
Midterm Exams 13th December2015 19th December2015
ImtixaankaNaqliga T. 1aad 13kaDiseembar 2015 19kaDiseembar2015
Midterm Vacation 20th December 2015 4th January 2016
FasaxaTeeramka 1aad 20kaDiseembar 2015 4taJannaayo 2016
Beginning of Second Term 5th January 2016 31st May 2016
BilowgaTeeramka 2aad 5taJannaayo 2016 31daMay 2016
Second Term Exams 9th May 2016 14th May 2016
ImtixaankaNaqliga T. 2aad 9kaMay 2016 14ka May 2016
Centralized Exams 21st May2016 28thMay 2016
ImtixaankaShahaadiga 23ka May 2016 28ka May 2016
Second term Vacation 1stJune2016 2ndAugust 2016
FasaxaTeeramka 2aad 1daJuun 2016 2daAgoosto 2016
AgaasimahaWaaxdaTaya-dhawkaiyoKormeerkaGuud
C/qaadirYuusuf Nuux
DAWLADDA PUNTLAND EE SOOMAALIYEED | PUNTLAND STATE OF SOMALIA | |
WASAARADDAWAXBARASHADA IYO TACLIINTA SARE | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION | |
حكومة ولاية بونت لاند الصوماليةوزارة التربية والتعليم العالي | ||
Ref : __00478___/X/Ag/WWTSR/2015 20/08/2015
KU: Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobollada Fadhigooda
KU: Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Degmooyinka Fadhigooda KU: Dhammaan Kormeerayaasha Gobollada Fadhigooda
KU: Maamulayaasha dugsiyada H/Dhexe iyo Sareba Fadhigooda
KU: Agaasimaha Waaxda Taya-Dhawrka ee W W & TS Gacan saar
KU: Agaasimaha Waaxda waxbarashada Tooska ah Gacan saar KU: Madaxa Dugsiyada Gaarka loo leyahay Gacan saar
KU: AgaasimahaWaaxda imtixanaadka Gacan saar
OG: Wasiir-ku-xigeenada Was.Waxbarashadda Gacan saar
OG: Wasiirka Was.Waxbarashadda &TS Gacan saar
Ujeeddo: Diiwaan – galinta Dugsiyada iyo Xarumaha Punland
Annaga oo ka duulayna sanadkan oo ah sanadkii tayaynta waxbarashada,isla markaana ay noo muuqdeen caqabado fara badan oo wiiqaaya tayada waxbarashada,sida:-
- Iskuullo fara badan oo sida meheradaha loo furto oo ujeedadoodu tahay dhaqaale doon uun,balse aan la fakirin tayadooda.
- Macallimiin jaban oo tayadoodu liidato oo laga soo waarido meelo ka baxsan waddanka,si dhaqaale loo abuurto.
- Goobta in wax lagu barto loo furanaayo oo aan laga fakirin haboonaantooda xag caafimaad iyo xag waxbarsho toona.
- Manaahij qalaad oo aan u adeegayn baahida wadanka iyo mustaqbalka ubadkeena oo iyana soo badanaaya.
- Dadajin iyo bootin laga gadaayo ubadka iyo waalidka aan waxbarshada fahamsanayn.
Si hadaba loo baajiyo khaladaadkaas kor ku xusan iyo kuwo kale oo badan,ayaa waxaa la ogeysiinayaa,lana farayaa dhammaan mas’uuliyiinta kor ku xusan qodobadan soo socda:-
- Dhammaan dugsiyada hadda shaqeeya waa in ay iska diiwaan galiyaan Wasaaradda Waxbarashada.
- Sidoo kale waa inay dhammaan macallimiinta ajnabiga ah iska diiwaan galiyaan Wasaaaaradda Waxbarshada.
- Dugsi hoose,mid dhexe iyo mid sare toonna lama furi karo illaaa ogolaansho laga helo Wasaaradda.
- Lama aqoonsan doono dugsi aan ku dhaqmin manaahijta iyo awaamiirta wasaaradda.
- Ogolaansho iyo diiwaan galin waxaa la siin doonaa dugsigii buuxiya shuruudaha is- diiwaan-galinta.
Agaasimaha Guud ee Wasaaradda Waxbarashada iyo Tacliinta Sare
Axmed Cabdi Cali Shire
DAWLADDA PUNTLAND EE SOOMAALIYEED | PUNTLAND STATE OF SOMALIA | |
WASAARADDAWAXBARASHADA IYO TACLIINTA SARE | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION | |
حكومة ولاية بونت لاند الصوماليةوزارة التربية والتعليم العالي | ||
WAAXDA TAYA-DHAWRKA IYO KORMEERKA GUUD |
Summad: WWB/KG/051/2012 Taarikh: 05/07/2013
KU: Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobolada.
OG: Agaasimaha Waaaxda Waxbarashada Asaasiga
OG: Agaaasimaha Waaxda Imtixaanaadka .
OG: Agaasimaha Guud Wasaaradda Waxbarashada
OG: Wasiir-ku-xigeenada Wasaaradda Waxbarashada
OG: Wasiirka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada
Ujeeddo: Soo gudbin Natiijada Imtixaanaadka (Tabulation of exam results)
Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobolada D.PL.S waxaa la farayaa inay xaqiijiyaan in dhammaan dugsiyada (asaasiga & sareba) soo gudbiyaan natiijada Imtixaaanaadka iyo tira-koobta kooban ee dugsi walba ee gobolkaas ah.
Dugsiyada Hoose/Dhexe waxaa laga rabaa inay soo gudbiyaan natiijad fasalada; 5, 6 & 7. Dugsiyada Sare waxaa iyana laga rabaa fasalada 1, 2 & 3.
Maadooyinka Carabiga iyo Diinta waxaaa lagu sixi doonaa min boqol(100%), waxaaana lagu dhacaa wixii (50%) ka hooseeya.
Mahadsanidiin
Agaasimaha Kormeerka Guud
A/qaadir Yuusuf Nuux Saxiix………………………………..
DAWLADDA PUNTLAND EE SOOMAALIYEEDWASAARADDA WAXBARASHADA & TACLIINTA SARE | PUNTLAND GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIAMINISTRY OF EDUCATION & HIGHER EDUCATION |
OFFICE OF THE MINISTER
Ref: WWW/B/0018/2015 22nd July, 2015
KU: Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobollada Fadhigooda
KU: Dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Degmooyinka Fadhigooda
KU: Dhammaan Kormeerayaasha Gobollada Fadhigooda
KU: Maamulayaasha dugsiyada H/Dhexe iyo Sareba Fadhigooda
KU: Kormeeraha Guud ee Wasaaradda Waxbarashada Gacan saar
KU: Agaasimaha Waaxda waxbarashada Tooska ah Gacan saar
KU: Madaxa Qeybta Dugsiyada Sare Gacan saar
KU: AgaasimahaWaaxda imtixanaadka Gacan saar
OG: Agaasimaha Guud ee Was.Waxbarashadda Gacan saar
Ujeedo: Tallaabo ka qaadid Shahaado iyo Bedel Been-abuur ah
Si looga hortago shahaadooyinka iyo bedelada been-abuurka ah ee ku soo badanaya dugsiyada gaar ahaan dugsiyada sare oo majo-xaabin iyo burbur ku ah tayada waxbarashada Puntland, waxaa la farayaa dhammaan Guddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobollada iyo Degmooyinka ,Kormeeraha Guud iyo Kormeerayaasha Gobollada , Agaasimaha Waaxda Waxbarashada Tooska ah,Madaxa Qeybta dugsiyada sare iyo Agaaasimaha Waaxda Imtixaanaadka inay qaadaan tallaabooyin wadajir ah oo lagu xaqiijinayo habsami u socodka waxbarashada dugsiyada isla markaana looga hortagayo wax kasta oo hagardaamo ku ah waxbarashada. Tallaaboooyinkaas waxaa ka mid ah:
- In mas’uuliyiiinta kor ku xusani ay sameeyaan kormeer buuxa oo ay ugu kuurgalayaan cidda ka danbeysa sameynta bedellada iyo shahaadooyinka been-abuurka ah iyo dugsiyada dhiirigalinaya falalkaas xun.
- Ciddii lagu helo iyada oo falkaas ka shaqeynaysa ama dhiiri galinaysa waxaa laga qaadi doonaa tallaabada ku haboon oo heer wasaaradeed ah.
- Ardaygii aan silsiladda ama jaraanjarada Waxbarashada aan raacin ama soo booday ma fariisan doono imtixaaanka shahaadiga ah.
- Gudddoomiyayaasha Waxbarashada Gobollada iyo kuwa degmooyinka ayaa mas’uul ka ah isu bedelka dugsiyada si gaar ah Guddoomiyaha Waxbarashada Gobolka ayaa wixii bedel oo dhammi hoos imanayaan.
- Mas’uuliyiintu waa in ay xaqiijiiyaan in dhammaan dugsiyadu soo gudbiyaan natiijada imtixaankii sanad-dugsiyeeedkii la soo dhaafay,oo horey loogu wargeliyey.
Wasiirka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada iyo Tacliinta sare.
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