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[sheikher]

With reference to paragraph 9 -- "Braun said the violations have 'profound effects on the further education and careers of young undergraduate Saudi students registered in the Preparatory Year Program at King Faisal University.'" -- in:

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010071778310&archiveissuedate=17/07/2010

Page 18 of "Report Concerning University Canada West, Al Shabaka Training Establishment and the English Language Preparatory Program at King Faisal University, Al Hassa, 7 February 2009", a corruption report commissioned by Crown Prince Naif, Minister of Interior, states:

"PART 6: Academic transcripts and attendance records

"It is truly unfortunate that on the day marking my termination, November 30, [Al Shabaka 's Chairman] did not, quite frankly, possess sufficient common good sense to request my records of students� attendance and academic achievements. Since that date the file has been in safekeeping in my lawyer�s office. The ramifications of [the Chairman's] negligence are obvious. In a few weeks my twenty-one students will receive transcripts for their first Semester. Be very assured that I am willing to release my intellectual property to KFU�s registrar upon documented directive from His Excellency Dr Khalid Al-Angari, Minister of Higher Education. Inclusion of my assessments would be advantageous to my students and to KFU�s presumed reputation as a creditable institution. To regard my file otherwise represents in my opinion an utter waste of the first six weeks of my students� studies, and my daily lesson preparations and instruction."

Those files continue to accumulate dust in the lawyer's office. Al Shabaka's reckless disregard may itself be filed under Gross Negligence.

How were Semester 2 grades determined?

Here revealed is the narrative from a previous eslcafe post:

"The program director, another teacher and I sat personally in the offices and handled this problem caused by some of our more problematic teachers. We told our teachers multiple times that their performance was not rated by how many students passed, unlike some private institutes. Despite this, we still had some who were intentionally going easy on the grading to the point where it was not academically appropriate. One teacher actually manipulated the final grades for his students (we swapped classes so we did not administer or grade the finals of our own students) and tried to bump his kids' marks up; that teacher in particular tried to feed the answers to his students in the week before the final exam. The other teachers in question were just soft; we had kids who couldn't even use possessive pronouns correctly getting 100% on their writing final. That is not appropriate and we re-graded some of the tests because of that. The top student whom I graded had an excellent paper with some spelling mistakes and grammatical errors you might find with American high school students didn't receive 100%, so a kid who can't write a proper paper should get a free ride because a teacher decided to "go easy" on him? This is one case where management stepped in and made an objective decision in a place where some eomployees (that's what a teacher is) couldn't and I don't regret it one bit."

Is this procedure in any shape or form consistent with a paragraph on page 22 of the Al Shabaka-University Canada West contract "A Proposed Program for Operating and Managing the Preparatory English Program of the Colleges of Engineering and Computer Science and Information Technology at King Faisal University at Al-Ahsa"?

Lo and behold: "The results of the grades for the mid-year and final semesters will be approved by the head of the program in consultation with University Canada West. They will be sent to the Primary Year Department for approval and then submitted to the university administration for approval or rejection. Al Shabaka will welcome any member of the English Language Program or university administration to share in assessment procedures and the method for the final transcripts to be awarded."

Oh, did I fail to mention that the "Chairman" of Al Shabaka Training Establishment, whose identity may be discovered here

http://shabakatraining.com/

is a member of King Abdullah's righteous Shoura Council?

Moreover, did I mention that this individual, whose signature is required on the front page of the UCW Proposal contract, is not the registered owner of Al Shabaka and thus has no legal authority whatsoever to act as signatory to Canadian curriculum-supply and teacher recruitment agencies?

Go figger.

[scot47]

It is not clear to me what you hope to achieve by these posts. Do you imagine that the authorities in Saudi Arabia will agree with you in a dispute involviong you and another Saudi ?

You are either being naive or obtuse.