**8. Results**

#### **8.1 The "1000" points system and its main categories**

According to the documents of introducing the 1000-point system that was approved by the SQU Academic Council in 2018, the 1000-point system reflects the student's non-curricular performance into four categories, which are:

1.Knowledge: - 340 Ps.

2. Skills: - Total 190 Ps.

3. Service: - 370 Ps.

4.College-related items and miscellaneous: - 100 Ps.

Each main category has subcategories, and the total number of the main four categories is 1000 points. Actually, the system is a semiquantitative expression.

The electronic 1000-point system is a way for SQU students to claim and accumulate points from extracurricular activities they organize or attend while enrolled at SQU. In actuality, the system serves as a storehouse that aids SQU students in organizing, planning, and selecting the best extracurricular activities. Students from SQU will be distinguished from those attending other higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman by the certificate they will get. Only SQU offers this certificate and has this framework in place for higher education. Along with the scientific knowledge certificate, this confirms that SQU students possess the skills required for the job market.


#### **Figure 1.**

*Log in to the 1000-points project webpage.*

Students and the administrative panel are asked to access the system's electronic page from the following address: https://squ1000.squ.edu.om/login.php (**Figure 1**).


Each of the three main screens has sub-screens. **Figure 2** shows that there were 10 events scheduled for August 2022, 5 were still pending, and 15 had been approved.

#### **8.2 The colleges that implemented the 1000-point system**

In 2021, SQU issued decree number 994 to form the team of the 1000-point project. The decree determined the colleges that will be included in the implementation of the project in its pilot phase, those college are as follows:

1.College of Education (CE)

2.College of Nursing (CN)

The 1000-point system was piloted from spring 2021 to the end of fall 2022 at the above-mentioned colleges.

*The Extracurricular 1000-Point Project: A Descriptive Study of a Creative Activities… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109718*


**Figure 2.** *The main screen of the 1000-point project.*
