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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Many\u00a0years ago from an international accrediting agency, Cognia whose goal is to help us be successful in making sure all aspects of our school meet the highest international standards of quality.<\/span><\/p>\n This non-profit organization has helped our school improve an all aspects with respect to purpose and direction, governance and leadership, teaching and assessing, resources and support systems and using results for continuous improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n The Cognia Accreditation Process represents the unified accreditation process for the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI) in the USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.randschools.edu.sa\/res\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cognia1Accredited.png” title_text=”cognia1Accredited” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”|||0px||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”200px||||false|false” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”4px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_letter_spacing=”0.9px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” header_font_size=”34px” text_font_size=”18px” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” inline_fonts=”Alexandria”]<\/p>\n As a school seeking to earn and maintain NCA CASI or SACS CASI accreditation we are following the Cognia Accreditation Process.<\/p>\n Our School is committed to being a quality school in all areas. The Cognia Accreditation Process is providing us with the comprehensive framework for continually improving student learning and school effectiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n To take the accreditation for quality in education, this organization sends a team of representatives to check all aspects of the school and decide whether the school is ready to meet its standards or it needs more improvement. Based on this information the team visited Rand international schools in January 5, 2013 and we got the accreditation for quality in education.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_letter_spacing=”0.9px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_font_size=”21px” header_2_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_3_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_3_font_size=”18px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1px” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Cognia is the largest community of education professionals in the world. It is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on-site external reviews of PreK-12 schools and school systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. While our expertise is grounded in more than a hundred years of work in school accreditation, Cognia is far from a typical accrediting agency. There goal isn\u2019t to certify that schools are good enough. 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RES is proud to be officially accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organisation IBO as an IB World School since 2019 to run the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) for students. The letter of authorisation confirms that RIS meets all IB requirements in accordance with the rules for IB World Schools. RIS is now part of a global community of schools committed to developing knowledgeable, caring young people, who will be ready to shape their futures successfully and make contributions resulting in a more harmonious and peaceful world. The International Baccalaureate (IB) is more than its educational programmes and certificates. At its heart it is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education; and RIS is devoted to help achieve this mission.<\/h3>\n
ABOUT PYP PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n