QNSA Annual Evaluation policy

The QNSA Visiting Review Team or External Evaluation:
The visiting review team will carry out review of quality assurance. The visiting team will spend
a number of days (3-4 days, depending on size and other aspects of the school) to study the
programs and services available in order to deepen their understanding of the self-study report
submitted. This will include meetings with various stakeholder groups and review of evidence at
school site.
The responsibilities of the QNSA school visiting team are:
• Ensure the school completion and taking into account the views of beneficiaries
regarding the strengths and areas of growth, and the willingness of the school to
achieve its vision and objectives.
• Report on the school’s commitment to the standards.
• Review the school’s commitment to the process of continuous improvement.
• Assessment strategies for school quality assurance.
• Assessment of meeting learning needs of ALL students (i.e. programs, resources and
support available, and methods of teaching applied in school).
• Review learning results and their application school wide.
Reaching Decision on School Accreditation:
Chairman of the visiting team submits a comprehensive report to the Accreditation Committee,
which in turn, studies in-depth, the recommendations made. The QNSA then submits its
recommendation for accreditation term and supportive reports to the Supreme Education
Council who then makes a final decision on the granting of accreditation.
Each school has the right to challenge the decision within two months of its issuance and may
form a committee to look into it with both the SEC and QNSA findings.
Accreditation Terms Factors with QNSA
The QNSA recommendation for accreditation for a school is determined based on the findings
of the QNSA visiting team to a school. They reflect a visiting team’s analysis on a school’s
development and support on the various indicators of the QNSA standards as found in this
handbook.
A school’s accreditation term recommendation will be as factored as follows:
(1) 5 YEAR QNSA Accreditation: for schools achieving an average within the range of
2.5-3 on all standards and their indicators of self-study as detailed in QNSA handbook.
(2) 3 YEAR QNSA Accreditation: for schools achieving an average within the range
of 2.0-2.49 on all standards and their indicators of self-study as detailed in QNSA
handbook.
(3) Denial of Accreditation: schools achieving less than an average of less than 2.0 on all
standards and their indicators of self-study as detailed in QNSA handbook.
QNSA Policy for National Accreditation
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