It's depressing to see such articles. I call them المرجفون في الأرض
Those short-sighted ppl who try to put down other people's ambitions. Do they really expect to see major changes in the society through EC in 5 or even 10 years?
As for independent schools, my guess as an outsider is that the person or team that put the plan on paper is not the same person or team that is supervising the execution.
When operators were first invited to join the initiative they were not chosen based on long educational experience but on leadership qualities and they were free to hire a principal of any nationality.
Obviously there was a clear distinction between the role of the school's leader and it's manager.
Now SEC insists that an operator has to have at least 10 year experience in education and HE/SHE has to manage the school. A leader and a manager in one! A big institution like a school needs both roles but separately. And the 10 year experience condition will only make schools the same as before with minor changes on the surface.
The result is that schools have managers but don't have leaders, and SEC acts as a leader to all schools.
It's true that all initiatives take time to bear fruit but the gap between the way independent schools were planned and the way the plans are executed is delaying the sucess indefinitely.
It's depressing to see such articles. I call them المرجفون في الأرض
Those short-sighted ppl who try to put down other people's ambitions. Do they really expect to see major changes in the society through EC in 5 or even 10 years?
As for independent schools, my guess as an outsider is that the person or team that put the plan on paper is not the same person or team that is supervising the execution.
When operators were first invited to join the initiative they were not chosen based on long educational experience but on leadership qualities and they were free to hire a principal of any nationality.
Obviously there was a clear distinction between the role of the school's leader and it's manager.
Now SEC insists that an operator has to have at least 10 year experience in education and HE/SHE has to manage the school. A leader and a manager in one! A big institution like a school needs both roles but separately. And the 10 year experience condition will only make schools the same as before with minor changes on the surface.
The result is that schools have managers but don't have leaders, and SEC acts as a leader to all schools.
It's true that all initiatives take time to bear fruit but the gap between the way independent schools were planned and the way the plans are executed is delaying the sucess indefinitely.