The reality of equal educational opportunities from employees' perspectives

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of applying equal educational opportunities in public schools in Irbid Kasbah directorate of education from its employees' perspectives (school principals, assistant principals, teachers, and administrators). The researcher used the descriptive approach in addition to a 22-item questionnaire spread over five domains. The study sample consisted of 110 participants chosen by the stratified random sampling method according to their job title as follow: school principal 18, assistant principal 18, teachers 51 and administrators 23. The results indicated that the application of equal opportunities procedures in the Ministry of Education from the employees' perspectives on the scale paragraphs as a whole was medium with a mean of (2.74). Based on the results, the researcher recommended officials to develop a general framework for equal opportunities, analyze the legislations that govern the workflow in the Ministry of Education with regard to equal opportunities. Keywords: Directorate of Education; Employees;; equal opportunities; Irbid Kasbah; Reality