Requirements for achieving quality assurance at Al Azhar University based on project management

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1 Department of Management, Planning and Comparative Studies, Faculty of Education for Boys, Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

2 قسم الإدارة والتخطيط والدراسات المقارنة، کلية التربية بنين، جامعة الأزهر بالقاهرة.

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The study aimed at  knowing requirements for achieving quality assurance at Al Azhar University based on project management , and the study used  the descriptive approach, and relied on the questionnaire as a tool to gather information and study sample consisted of 186 individuals from officials of quality assurance faculties of Al - Azhar University, was Analyze the results are analyzed by  program SPSS Statistical , and the study found a number of results, the most important: there are statistically significant differences at  Statistical , the most important: there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) in terms of the degree of availability "requirements for achieving quality assurance at Al Azhar University based on the Project Management Portal" in the total aspects of the questionnaire according to the variable Accreditation is in favor of the accredited colleges , while there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) in terms of the degree of importance in the total number of the questionnaire axes according to the accreditation variable, in the requirements related to the following areas: (Quality Assurance Schedule - Quality Assurance Resources - Quality Assurance Cost - Risks to Quality Assurance .
 

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