Empowering Al-Naseem Education Office Schools to Achieve the National Target in the Nafes Test

(Proposed Mechanism)

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the reasons for the low results of students in the Nafis test in the city of Riyadh. The study followed the descriptive analytical approach, and used a questionnaire to collect data from members of the study community, including principals and teachers of the targeted subjects (mathematics, science, Arabic language), as well as agents and student guides in primary and middle schools in the city of Riyadh. The study sample amounted to (464) individuals. The results revealed that there was moderate agreement among members of the study sample on the reasons for the failure of primary and middle schools in the Education Office in Al-Naseem to reach the national target in the Nafis test (2024), which are: increasing the shares of teachers of the targeted subjects, not taking the test seriously enough by the learner, and weak family support for the learner. The results also showed that there was a high degree of agreement among members of the study sample on the proposals that contribute to enabling the schools of the Education Office in Al-Naseem to achieve the national target. In the Nafis test (2025), which are: diversity in the levels of classroom questions and test paragraphs, diversity in assessment methods, diversity in good teaching practices, and there were no statistically significant differences between the average responses of the study sample members regarding these proposals according to the work variable. In light of the results, the study presented Proposed mechanisms to enable schools to achieve the national target and several recommendations.