Public PhD Viva-Voice Examination of  Ms. Hanan Shawqi Abdulqawi

The Public Viva-Voice Examination for the PhD Dissertation here to entitled: “The Degree of practicing strategic planning and its relationship to achieving academic accreditation standards in Yemeni universities “, submitted by Ms. Hanan Shawqi Abdulqawi Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Education –Sana’a, Sana’a University (Educational Planning), was held on Thursday, 28/08/1446 Hijri corresponding to 27/02/2025. The Viva-Voice Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Post-Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:

The study aimed mainly at the degree of practicing strategic planning and its relationship to achieving academic accreditation standards in Yemeni universities.

The study concluded a set of findings as: The degree of practicing strategic planning in the faculties of education in Yemeni universities came in general with a degree of approval (average). The degree of achieving academic accreditation standards in general came with a degree of approval (weak), and the leadership and governance standard came with a degree of approval (average), while the rest of the criteria for each of: students, academic programs, financial resources and infrastructure, scientific research, quality assurance and continuous improvement, human resources, partnership and community service, have a (weak) approval degree, as well as the presence of a positive, statistically significant correlation between strategic planning and the degree of achievement of academic accreditation standards.

Many recommendations were suggested as: the college leadership should involve the administrative staff and students in its councils and take their opinions into consideration. Leadership should be selected according to scientific and administrative criteria, and plans should be developed to allocate financial appropriations for all the college’s requirements and programs, evaluate them, and submit periodic reports to update them. The college administration should also provide an environment that encourages creativity and have a specialized team that monitors and solves problems, and allocates a budget to provide incentives for creative ideas.

A number of academics, the department head, some researchers, students, interested people, and a number of the candidates’ colleagues and family members attended the viva.