Quality Basic Education
TQA supports UNESCO’s framework on the five dimensions of the variables of quality education:
- Learner Characteristics: including learner aptitude, perseverance, readiness for school, prior knowledge, barriers to learning, and demographic variables.
- Context: including public resources for education, parental support, national standards, labor market demands, socio-cultural and religious factors, peer effects, and time available for schooling and homework.
- Enabling Inputs: including teaching and learning materials, physical infrastructure, and facilities, and human resources.
- Teaching and Learning: including learning time, teaching methods, assessment, and class size.
- Outcomes: including skills in literary and numeracy, values, and life skills.
The school considers the following as the best indicators of quality basic education:
- Relevance, timeliness, and efficiency of the academic program
- Equal opportunities for learning access and outcome
- Observance of individual learning rights
- Student achievement
- College preparedness