The study aimed to know the reality of the basic education school principals possessing the competencies necessary to achieve quality school performance through a field study applied to school leaders in the basic education stage in Assiut Governorate. The study attempted to identify the obstacles facing school leaders in activating the educational quality standards approved by the National Authority for Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation. The study also tried to identify the degree

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... f correlation between the administrative competencies possessed by principals and the level of achieving quality and accreditation of education in basic education institutions in order to reach a matrix of administrative competencies that should be available to the principal of the school to achieve the quality of education and its accreditation in basic education institutions, and to achieve the competitiveness of institutions. the basic education.The study used the descriptive approach due to its relevance to the nature of the study, and a questionnaire (the competencies of school leaders) was applied to the study sample whose size was (325) administrative leadership in Assiut Governorate. The study presented a theoretical analysis of the variables of the study represented in the conceptual framework for the competencies of school leaders, and the experiences of some foreign countries in adopting the competencies of school leaders and in light of the results of the analytical and applied study.