‘Hats off to righteous body’
when education enjoyed a real margin of freedom, there was “order, morals, and cleanliness”, and when that simple margin disappeared, the ghoul of extremism entered, so the order was absent, morals declined, and cleanliness disappeared.
the state, or government, has no more important function or role than providing quality education to the people of the nation. with the decline in the level of education, the level of many important values has declined, and our situation has already become pathetic and deplorable, and this prompted a group of loyal citizens to solidarity and establish an association that cares about the quality of education and monitors the way it is presented, after it declined sharply to a low level, and the scourges of fraud and forgery spread in it.
the education quality association is managed by a board of directors consisting of professors badr al-bahr, noria al-awadhi, hashim al-rifai, bashar al-othman, zahraa ali, moudhi al-ajmi, and raad al-saleh. it was established in 2016 with the aim of spreading awareness of the importance of correct scientific specialization, reviewing patterns of change in the educational behavior of members of society, combating fake and forged certificates, combating fraudulent and stolen “scientific” research, and other noble goals.
in a short period, and in the face of fierce opposition, the association realized many achievements and uncovered a lot of ruin. its presence also reduced cases of laxity, especially after the exposure of a large number of holders of forged degrees, especially among the senior “professors” and “leaders” in the state.
as a result of the association’s efforts, the cassation court has recently issued a ruling that prohibited combining a job with studying abroad for a government employee, except on a full-time basis, with which the court closed the door to corruption that has always been exploited by people with corrupt souls, as some of them used to take advantage of the previous situation to obtain higher degrees while they were in their jobs and choosing strange or not required majors from any party, and often from universities whose certificates are known to be false, yet no one was able to put an end to such laxity, not even to prevent their employment, and the matter was infuriating and a factor sabotaging the psyche of honest and serious employees.
this association has also previously called on the council of ministers to stop tampering with the appointments of the public authority for applied education and training and warned the minister of higher education against violating the just law so that the efforts and funds of the state and scholars are not wasted by obtaining useless qualifications, and the country does not benefit from them in the implementation of its plans for development.
the association also indicated that failure to apply laws, controls, and conditions will open the door for many state employees to complete their studies outside the country to obtain academic degrees, and this will create indiscipline during working hours, and the use of potentially illegal means to pass tests and succeed by means of fraud and forgery due to lack of full-time work.
whoever occupies a public position in the state and wishes to continue education and study has no way to complete his studies, whether at his own expense or by the entity for which he works, except after obtaining approval for study leave and full-time study, and not to combine work and study, with the condition of approval of higher education, and that the major should be within the scholarship plan approved by the civil service bureau, and that the study to be majored in should be in the field of the job he occupies, and that he should not engage in any activity that conflicts with the purpose of the study leave, and no one was complying with all these requirements before the verdict was issued, and this indicates the extent of laxity that was prevalent.
thank you to those in charge of this serious association.