Ministry of Higher Education of Oman receives EFQM Committed to Excellence Certificate! First in Oman!

June 2017: The Ministry of Higher Education of Oman has received the recognition „Committed to Excellence“ from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) . The Ministry of Higher Education is the very first organization in Oman who has received this international recognition for starting their Striving for Excellence.

The Ministry of Higher Education was conducting the EFQM Self-Assessments, the Excellence Trainings as well as several successful Excellence projects under the guidance of Dr. Karl J. Koller, international Excellence expert and EFQM advisor/trainer from the Institute for Total Quality Management (ITQM), Zurich, Switzerland. ITQM has supported in the GCC countries over the last decade many organizations in developping their organizations successfully towards Excellence.

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=> see Press Release (Arabic) in Al Watan, July 7, 2017

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The EFQM Leaders for Excellence Training gave me a very good understanding of how Excellence in Higher Education looks like. The training would be beneficial for leaders in Higher Education.?
Dr. Winston Tambyrajah, Head of Department, General Studies, Jubail University College, Jubail, KSA
I would strongly recommend the EFQM Training to any company desiring to achieve Excellence in their business. The workshop from ITQM was well conducted and was successful in achieving its objectives.
Dr. Ahmed Suheel, CEO, Arabian Farms Dev. Co, Dubai, UAE
The EFQM Leaders for Excellence Training conducted by ITQM was very interesting and added great value to me. I liked also very much the best practice examples presented by Dr. Karl J. Koller.
Mr. Abdulaziz A. Almahboob, Head of TQM Department, Assessor for the King Abdulaziz Quality Award, Eastern Province Directorate, Ministry of Education, Dammam, KSA