Strategic diagnosis and its role in facing the challenges of the education sectors in Iraq - an exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of leaders working in the Ministries of Education and Higher Education

This research aims to know the role of strategic diagnosis in facing the challenges of the education sectors in Iraq, the research community, as the independent research variable included strategic diagnosis, which was measured through its dimensions (internal diagnosis, external diagnosis), and the dependent variable included the challenges facing the education sectors, which It was also measured through dimensions (curriculum challenges, economic challenges, as well as technological challenges). The researchers relied on the descriptive analytical approach as a method, in addition to using a questionnaire for the purpose of collecting data and information obtained from the respondents, who numbered (100) managers working in the two ministries. Under research and it has been analyzed according to advanced statistical programs (SPSS V.26). The research has reached results, the most important of which is that strategic diagnosis plays an important and essential role in confronting and addressing the challenges specific to educational institutions because it has a major role in providing the information necessary to confront those challenges. The research also reached To a set of recommendations, the most important of which is that the two aforementioned institutions should work to adapt the school curricula to keep pace with rapid scientific and technological developments, and link the curricula according to data that serves the needs of the labor market.