Multi methods were used for this questionnaire, as structured and semi-structured questionnaire were used to do the Comparative analysis, which helped to evaluate admin, teachers and parents to see the competitive advantage of the school.
A linkage system should exist between school and the need of Lebanese society. A whole system is to be implemented, to put strategies that reduces gap between various departments in school and between the school and its stakeholders as well.
When analyzing the answers I tried to put them in priority starting with parent’s answers.
The school campus for example is safe, but are there any rules to follow to keep it safe? Is the personal trained to keep the campus safe? “The answer is NO” because everybody is allowed to enter the campus (parents accompanying children) till classes which is not permissible in other qualified schools because no parents are allowed to go beyond the entrance they should leave their children on the gate and there is a security person who will take this matter in charge, but because people consider that they are from the neighborhood they are allowed to act as they want.
The majority of the parents’ answers varied, especially the reason to choose the “R” School, some prioritized the religious management, and others preferred the discipline and a good few tended to the financial reasons; all these factors combined are available in the school but not well organized because the management doesn’t focus on any of them, they give parents the chance to try and to decide.
Parents committee is active in terms of school financial support however they are sedentary in other issues related to their duties, but the question is how far the management allows to these stakeholders to work on this issue?
Staff background is good, all teachers are skilled and experienced but there is a problem in the training issue because not everybody attends to the needed training, because some of the teaching staff considers that they have enough experience to attend any extra training. The majority of the teachers and coordinators’ answers showed that there is not enough involvement culture or policy of the teaching staff in the school education program or in the school interior decision making.
Training sessions are done whenever is necessary knowing that training is very costly because actually concerning NPO’S and specially schools there is only one training agency in Lebanon. School asks their staff to attend training on their private budget or free training.
Number of students through the school history has decreased and this is somehow critical because the strategy provided by the management concerning this issue is not clear.
Based on the above, the table in chapter four describes the comparison between the concept and the actual situation of the “R” school according to the answers collected.