Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi 
Following the decision of the Ministry of National Education, First Education and Sports to exempt 16 regional directors, the head of the Socialist Union- the Federal Opposition in the House of Representatives, Abdul Rahim Shahid, Chairman of the Education, Culture and Communication Committee of the Council, called for the committee inviting the committee to convene in the presence of Minister Mohamed Saad Barrada, to determine the reasons for exempting “this large number” of regional directors, and “discussing the criteria for assessing their educational and management performance”.
Shahid, in his correspondence to the Chairman of the Education and Culture and Communication Committee in the House of Representatives, indicated that the summons of Minister Barrada to Parliament is the purpose of “standing on the real reasons behind the exemption of a large number of regional directors in the education sector, and discussing the criteria for assessing the educational and management performance of regional directors.”
The parliamentarian, as part of the reasons for the committee to hold accountable for a brilliance, added to the follow -up of “their ability (regional directors) to contribute to downloading reform programs and achieving its goals,” as well as “the extension of the data that is based on to take such decisions (related to exemption), and this imposed on the management of the educational issue at the regional level all over the country.”
The head of the “Rose Team” in the House of Representatives was invoked that “the announcement of the Ministry of National Education, First Education and Sports on the movement of wide changes, which included a number of regional directorates; Seven regional managers were transferred, coverage of vacant positions at the level of eleven districts, and end of the tasks of sixteen regional managers, in addition to opening the door for the two -seven positions to operate, “represented” a sudden step that may threaten educational security; According to a number of employees of the sector.
The decision to exempt regional directors, Shahid adds, “sparked a wide discussion within the educational circles, especially after the conflict of statements and positions, whether those expressed by some of the exempted managers, or issued by some officials in the relevant sector,” adding that this comes “in the absence of official and responsible clarifications on the reasons and motives for making such decisions.”
The same parliamentarian explained that “the accumulated challenges that faced our country in the past academic year, and the difficulties that faced school entry this year require an accurate evaluation to determine their causes and suggest appropriate solutions,” considering that the latter “goes beyond merely addressing symptoms to the treatment of roots, and exempting a large number of regional officials at the Ministry of Education.”
The same deputy believes, according to the same source, that “dealing with all these damages required to provide an educational environment suitable for all, meet the needs of students, professors and administrative officials, avoid improvisation in decision -making and the development of the educational process continuously”, “in line with global educational developments and contemporary challenges, and achieves the Kingdom’s vision in building the knowledge society.”
The head of the Socialist Union – the Federal opposition stressed that “investing in the human element remains the most important pillar in the educational process, by providing the necessary support for professors and administrative officials and developing their capabilities.”
In the aftermath of the “widespread controversy” raised by the news of the news of the Ministry of National Education, First Education and Sports, to exempt 16 regional directors, the ministry came out with a news communication, in which it confirmed that the process is mainly related to “strengthening educational, management capabilities and governance in regional directorates”, noting that it includes “conducting the process of transferring 7 regional directors” and “covering vacant positions at the level of 11 regional directorates.” The tasks of 16 regional directors, “with” opening the door to be able to fill the position of regional director (E) with 27 regional directorates (including 11 vacant positions mentioned). “
The same source stated that these procedures come “within the framework of continuing to download the workshops of the education and training system reform, in an effort to activate the provisions of Law Frame No. 51.17 related to the education, training and scientific research system, road map programs and projects 2022-2026, and to reach their strategic goals, and to enhance the provision of regional directorates and raise their educational and management capabilities.”
These procedures also come to “activate the results of the process of evaluating the educational and management performance of regional directors and managers, and their ability to contribute to downloading reform programs and achieving its goals,” according to the communication, which confirmed that it also aims “in a framework of transparency and linking responsibility to account Qualified to download repair programs, and reach the expected educational results. ”
