Egypt Award for Gov't Excellence visits Ain Shams University to follow up on the final judging process for the university’s internal awards

The Egypt Award for Gov't Excellence held a meeting of the Internal Excellence Awards Jury at Ain Shams University, headed by Ambassador Hesham Badr, General Supervisor of the Egypt Award for Government Excellence, and in the presence of Engineer Khaled Mostafa, Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, and Professor Soha Saeed, Executive Director of the Egypt Award. For Government Excellence, Dr. Mohamed Mohamedy, Director of Evaluation and Quality, Egypt Award for Government Excellence, Dr. Mona Hagras, Assistant Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Universities, Professor Dr. Ashraf Abdel Basset, Academic President of the British University of Hertfordshire, and Professor Dr. Nagwa Badr, Dean of the Faculty of Computers and Information at Ain University. 

During the meeting, Ambassador Hisham Badr indicated that the launch of the second phase of the internal awards system comes as a continuation of the process of internal excellence in several government institutions to deepen the culture of excellence and enhance the competitive spirit, to contribute to the development of human capabilities and create a qualitative shift in institutional performance and work to qualify entities to participate in The Egypt Award for Gov't Excellence in its next session.

For his part, Engineer Khaled Mustafa praised the cooperation of the university’s leadership, its pioneering role in implementing the university’s standards of excellence, and its active participation in the journey of excellence during the previous cycles of the National Award.

He stressed the importance of the pioneering role of universities not only in the field of education and scientific research but also because they serve as a beacon of knowledge and ideas, which we look forward to supporting in spreading the culture of excellence and quality in various entities. He expressed his appreciation for the role of the Supreme Council of Universities as a primary partner in implementing and supporting the system of excellence within public universities.

During the judging process, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Salam, Director of Educational Institutions Awards at the Egypt Award for Government Excellence, reviewed the mechanisms taken to implement the internal awards, and the stages of work starting with the stage of training excellence ambassadors and residents, which lasted for 790 working hours, and submitting nomination applications.

  This was followed by the evaluation stages, with the provision of an electronic system to manage the evaluation process, and then the final results were presented. The evaluation team and the Quality Committee reviewed the strengths and opportunities for improvement of the qualified colleges, leading to the presentation of the final recommendations.

  It is worth noting that 12 colleges advanced in the Institutional Excellence Awards “Government Colleges Category” to qualify for the field visits stage. 6 colleges competed internally to win the Ain Shams University Award for Internal Excellence in preparation for the top three to escalate to compete nationwide in the Egypt Award for Government Excellence in its next session, 2024.