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General Policies in Education
Following are the policies adopted by the Faculty to achieve its goals and objectives:
· Tenacious adherence to the implementation of the academic reference standards.
· Rigorous consideration of student-teacher standard ratios in relation to core learning facilities.
· Internal and external review and assessment of academic programs and courses.
· Promoting the use of information technology and communications in learning media and programs
· Incubation of students showing unequivocal gift, creativity and remarkable intelligence and care.
· Tailoring social and academic support programs to assist lower-aptitude students.
Faculty Policies: Post Graduate Studies and Academic Research Policy
In order to achieve its strategic goals and objectives, the Faculty adopts the following policies in academic research:
- The coordination and integration between Faculty and University efforts guided by the national plan of action for academic research.
- Implementing a comprehensive research plans based on addressing community needs, development schemes, the latest academic endeavours and the growing need of new specialties.
- The development and expansion of the realm of financial resources essential in funding and promoting academic research.
- The encouragement of conducting applied academic research that tackle national and community problems.
- The promotion of academic publishing in peer reviewed and refereed international journals of high impact factor.
- The development and upgrading of research skills for scholars at the Faculty.
- The documentation of Faculty's research activities and the creation and publication of research databases.
- The encouragement of academic research partnership among various and peer specialties.
- The expansion of the scope of academic research.
- The exchange of research information knowledge with peer academic institutions.
- The integration into the Faculty's general policies on teaching and on community service and environment development.
- The expansion of educational programs and new further specialities.
- The development of the admission policies to optimally grant students admission in the department of their choice according to the available places in the different specialities.
- The provision of maintenance and performance check of learning facilities.
- Prioritizing students' quality as the Faculty's core outcome.
- Building closer rapport between students and faculty members of staff.
- The steady increase of overall satisfaction in the educational process.
- Undertaking continuous assessments for teaching effectiveness.
- The spreading and the patronage of core values of self-learning.
- The full integration into the Faculty's general policies of academic research and community service and environment development.
Faculty Policies: Community Service and Environment Development
In order to achieve its strategic goals and objectives, the Faculty adopts the following policies in community service and environmental development:
- The coordination and integration between Faculty and University efforts guided by the national plan of action for community service and environmental development.
- The unwavering contribution to address environmental problems, and raising awareness in this respect
- The maintenance of robust channels of communication with civil society to cater for its needs and orientations
- The maintenance of robust channels of communication with IT firms and institutions working in the fields of computer science, IT systems and with the beneficiaries.
- The provision of academic support and training to the environment and community parties.
- The maintenance of robust channels of communication with alumni
- Embracing volunteerism in community service and environment development
- The inclusion of students, post graduate students, and members of staff and those who work in the community service activity.
- The full adoption and support of community service and environmental activities.
- The expansion of the scope of community service and environment development
- Full integration into the Faculty's general policies in education and in community service and environment development.
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