Accreditations
IB Accreditation:
- Global Recognition and Reputation: Authorized “IB World Schools” are part of a prestigious, worldwide network known for high-quality education and academic excellence.
- Adoption of a “Whole-School” Approach: Accreditation encourages schools to embed well-being, sustainability, and holistic development into their culture, rather than just treating them as “add-on” features.
- Rigorous, Continuous Improvement: The process requires schools to meet strict standards and participate in an ongoing five-year review cycle, ensuring long-term quality improvement.
- Flexibility and Customization: Schools can choose to implement specific programs (PYP, MYP, DP, or CP) and, in the case of the MYP, benefit from subject-group flexibility to align with local requirements.
- Higher Education Opportunities: IB graduates are often better prepared for university and have higher enrollment rates at top-tier institutions.
- University Credit and Placement: Many universities offer advanced standing, credit, or scholarships to students with strong IB scores.
- Skill Development: Students develop critical thinking, research skills (through the Extended Essay), and a sense of community responsibility (via Creativity, Activity, Service – CAS).
- International Mobility: The qualification is recognized in over 150 countries, making it ideal for students who move between countries or seek international education.
- Well-Rounded Education: The curriculum fosters international-mindedness, multilingualism, and a balance between academic and personal growth.
CIS and NEASC Accreditations:
Accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the Council of International Schools (CIS) offers several benefits for schools, students, and educators. These two organizations often work together through a joint accreditation process to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a school’s quality.
Benefits for Students
- Global University Recognition: High school diplomas and transcripts from NEASC and CIS-accredited schools are recognized by leading universities worldwide, including in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and India.
- Quality Assurance: Students are assured of a world-class education that meets high international standards for teaching, learning, and student well-being.
- Standardized Preparedness: University admissions officers have confidence that graduates are academically prepared and have met rigorous benchmarks, often eliminating the need for extra entrance testing.
- Global Citizenship: The CIS framework specifically focuses on developing interculturally competent global citizens.
Benefits for Schools
- Credibility and Reputation: Accreditation acts as a “mark of distinction,” reassuring parents and the community of the school’s commitment to excellence and ethical practices.
- Continuous Improvement: The process requires regular self-reflection and objective peer review, helping schools identify strengths and weaknesses to create a strategic roadmap for growth.
- Streamlined Processes: Joint accreditation between NEASC and CIS (and often the International Baccalaureate) reduces administrative bureaucracy by using a single, synchronized evaluation cycle.
- Resource Management: The framework helps schools ensure their financial, governance, and human resource practices are sustainable and meet international standards.
CELF-A Accreditation:
Created in 2011 by the Embassy of France in Lebanon, the CELF label (Certifications des Établissements en Langue Française) is a language label offered to French-speaking Lebanese schools in the private sector that share the same objective: to improve the quality of teaching of and in French.
Inaugurated in 2014 by the Ambassador of France to Lebanon, the CELF network brings together labelled establishments throughout Lebanon.
The Institut français du Liban supports these institutions through a multi-year continuing education offer and offers them a wide range of educational projects and activities.
The CELF network now has 61 labelled establishments on Lebanese territory.
The CELF label is
– a recognized expertise, at the service of the French-speaking environment of young Lebanese
– a continuous training of teachers, educators, pedagogical coordinators, school
heads – an online network IFprofs Lebanon to exchange, create, pool
Objectives:
– develop and renew pedagogical practices, by comparing points of view and experiences in the field, including in non-linguistic
disciplines – encourage reflection and debate through professional days, seminars, activities and projects for teaching
staff – offer a series of activities to young people (cinema, theatre, languages and literature, mathematical sciences and sustainable development…) to enrich their French-speaking environment.
3 eligibility criteria:
Obtaining the CELF label for an institution attests to the French language skills of the majority of the teaching team:
75% of French teachers with the DELF B2 diploma
diploma All qualified teachers follow a 24-hour pedagogical training course provided by the French Institute in Lebanon..
Himaya Accreditation:
In December 2014, Himaya won an award from Stars Foundation UK and was awarded as a runner-up for the protection sector in the Africa–Middle East region.
The Stars Impact Awards recognize and reward effective, well-managed local organizations working to improve child health, education, protection and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) in the countries with the highest rates of under-five mortality.
Today, himaya is a specialized NGO in the child protection sector, working to prevent violence against children and offer the support needed for abused children on a psychosocial and legal level; eventually allowing them to be reintegrated as productive and active members of society.
In 2018, himaya became a member of the ISS (International Social Service) responding to cross border child abuse cases involving a Lebanese and a foreigner parent. himaya has also become mandated by the Ministry of Justice to handle all legal protection cases in the North Governorate.
