Assessment for the Quality of the Distance Education Delivered by the Emirati Public Schools during the Coronavirus Crisis

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the quality of the distance education delivered by the Emirati public schools during the Coronavirus crisis. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical approach. He designed and used a five point Likert questionnaire to obtain data from the sampled. He designed the questionnaire.  The population consists from all the teachers who taught during the Coronavirus crisis in Emirati public schools. The sample was chosen purposively.  It consists from 150 teachers chosen from twelve (12) Emirati public schools. Four schools of them are located in Abu Dhabi, four schools of them are located in Dubai and four schools of them are located in Sharjah. The questionnaire forms were passed by hand. All the forms were filled and retrieved. They are valid for the analysis. The SPSS program was used. The researcher found that the quality of the distance education delivered by the Emirati public schools during the Coronavirus crisis is high. That’s because the extent of meeting the standards related to the design and development of curricula, student assessment, infrastructure, student services, teachers and teaching-learning process are high. He recommends encouraging teachers and administrators to meet the standards of quality in education. Financial and moral incentives must be set for encouraging them to meet such standards.

Keywords: Quality, distance education, Emirati public schools, Emirate, Coronavirus crisis

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-15-17

Publication date:May 31^st 2022