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    The Factors that Contribute to an Effective Online Educational System in the High Schools of Mount Lebanon and Beirut
    (2021) Topalian, Sarine Souren
    The aim of this study is to explore the current situation in High Schools of Mount Lebanon and Beirut as a result of the closures of schools and institutions across Lebanon followed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Its repercussions have had a great impact on the way education is nowadays practiced. The purpose of this study was to highlight the issues, main points, accomplishments and viewpoints from all of the following stakeholders: school leadership, parents and teachers. An exploratory study was performed through my qualitative interviews with the stakeholders and my quantitative data analysis based on two survey questionnaires distributed among schools in Mount Lebanon and Beirut. The sample included 211 parent and 122 teacher respondents. The results obtained from this study suggest that the factors that contribute to an effective online educational system in high schools of Mount Lebanon and Beirut are most significant when parents have the proper tutoring skills and when they have the ability to balance their household chores. Also important are: when parents provide an appropriate environment, when leadership provides a good planning and effective timetables, and when teachers have appropriate training on resource utilization. I believe that this study will be most significant to the stakeholders involved in this vital issue and to all those who are interested in the educational system in Lebanon. I hope that the stakeholders will look at and reflect into what they have gone through in the 2020 and 2021 academic year and seek to identify their strengths and weaknesses while they pursue to improve their course of work in the educational field. I also hope that this exploratory study will be followed by other researchers in the future.