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School Quality - The Solution Within

Most often the problem holding back quality in a school lies within it. It is so deeply entrenched that weeding it out is not an option. The best one can do is either work around it or change it or acknowledge that until the problem dies its natural death, that there is nothing that can be done to affect quality beyond a point.

When all systems - financial, administrative, logistical, curricular, academic, pedagogic are in place, there comes a time when the issue that is causing the trouble cannot be avoided anymore. The bull must be taken by the horns. The reason for not putting the finger on the problem before this is done, is because it takes all this time for all concerned to admit to the problem. Although the problem is plain to see for the trained eye, very early on in the audit process, all stakeholders need the time and deliberation forced by the changes during the audit to admit to the problem as well as the solution.

Most often there are a few key problems and all other stem from them. It takes about a week's observation at most to establish the possible problems and their solutions. This is the first phase of the education audit. Most clients pay for this first and then sanction a longer plan with timed deliverables wherein the solutions are worked through. The only real deliverable remains that the people decide as they articluate, participate and inquire.
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