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Title: Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Higher Education


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  • Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Higher
    Education

Dr. Salwa EL Magoli National Quality Assurance
and Accreditation Committee November, 2005

2
Mission of NQAAC
  • Ensure the best quality of education, commit
    to continuous improvement and efficient
    performance of Egyptian Higher Education
    Institutions, and solicit community confidence in
    their graduates caliber which fulfill
    international recognized standards.

3
NQAAC Strategic objective
To prepare Higher Education Institutions to
qualify for application for Accreditation
4
Principles of the system
  • Accreditation or audit or assessment?
  • Nature of the process (mandatory or voluntary)?
  • Unit of assessment (institution or programme)?
  • Outcome of assessment (no grading or two-point
    scale or multi-point scale)?
  • Policy on disclosure of the outcome
    (confidential or public)?

5
NQAAC Quality Assurance System
  • Design a system for QAA suitable to the
    Egyptian system of education and conforming with
    international standards aiming to be recognized
    regionally and internationally

6
Principles of the system
  • Institutions are responsible for the quality of
    their education programs and for their internal
    systems of reviewing and reporting
  • Mission-sensitive processes and outcome
  • An Evidence-based annual faculty self-evaluation
    report form the basis of the system followed by
    periodic five year report
  • Self-evaluation
  • Peer reviewers

7
Principle of the system (cont.)
  • Supporting continuous developments in HEIs
  • Keeping the academic standards of graduates
    achievements and quality of learning the core of
    HEIs
  • Addressing Governance and Administration and
    other mission activities, including education
    programs, community involvement and research

8
Phases of implementation of Egyptian QAA system
  • 1- Establishing of Internal Quality Assurance
    System in higher Education
  • 2- Developmental Engagement
  • Phase
  • 3- Accreditation phase

9
  • Achievements of NQAAC

10
Phases of implementation of Egyptian QAA system
  • 1- Establishing of Internal Quality Assurance
    System in higher Education
  • 2- Developmental Engagement
  • Phase
  • 3- Accreditation phase

11
Achievement of NQAAC 5- QAAP projects
  • 1-Awareness Campaign
  • 2-Capacity Building
  • 3-NQAAA
  • 4-Setting-up Standards and Benchmarks
  • 5-Funded Projects

12
Achievement of NQAAC 5- QAAP projects
  • Development of a Strategic Plan for Quality
    Assurance ( All public Universities)
  • Development of Institutional and Academic
    Reference Standards
  • Establishment of a sustainable QAA Centers in
    Egyptian Universities( All public Universities)
  • Establishment of an Internal Quality Assurance
    System(144 faculties)

13
Establishment of an Internal Quality Assurance
System
  • Academic Programmes
  • Intended learning outcomes
  • Curriculum
  • Student assessment
  • Student achievement
  • Quality of Learning opportunities
  • Teaching and learning
  • Student support
  • Learning resources
  • Research and other scholarly activities
  • Community Involvement
  • Effectiveness of Quality Management and
    Enhancement

14
Phases of implementation of Egyptian QAA system
  • 1- Establishing of Internal Quality Assurance
    System in higher Education
  • 2- Developmental Engagement
  • Phase
  • 3- Accreditation phase

15
Developmental EngagementPhase
  • Eight Faculties has applied for DEs
  • Developing a system to recruit peer reviewers
  • Establishing a network with faculties applying
    for DEs
  • Training workshops for peer reviewers
  • ( 78 from different discipline)
  • Organization of the site visits

16
Developmental Engagement Framework
  • Academic Programmes
  • Intended learning outcomes
  • Curriculum
  • Student assessment
  • Student achievement
  • Quality of Learning opportunities
  • Teaching and learning
  • Student support
  • Learning resources
  • Research and other scholarly activities
  • Community Involvement
  • Effectiveness of Quality Management and
    Enhancement

17
Challenges
  • Relevance of accreditation within the Egyptian
    System.
  • Lack of peer reviewing culture in the system.
  • Resistance to change from the faculty members and
    administration staff.
  • Problems in documentation system
  • Insufficient learning teaching facilities.

18
Challenges (cont.)
  • Large number of students and over crowd ness.
  • Staff / students ratio in some cases.
  • Linking the whole process with funding.
  • Lake of competitiveness between universities.

19
Accreditation
  • A gateway towards total quality
  • Considered to be a motivation for institutions to
    promote comprehensive educational processes and
    quality systems
  • Raise the level of confidence in the institution
    and its graduates

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