Quality Education for Development Regional harmonisation in Africa: lessons learnt from the work on regional action plans – Relevance of PAQAC, the Experience of EAC Relevance of PAQAF: the EAC-experience By EAC – Team Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

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EAC declared as EA-CHEA Transformation of IUC into IUCEA, after Vice Chancellors meeting in Nairobi Makerere University College HE(Kenya, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar in EA 20-May-2017 Treaty for the Establishment of EAC Burundi & Rwanda acceded on EAC treaty South Sudan acceded on EAC treaty 30-Nov-1999 2016 1963 1970 1980 1998 1999 2000 … 2002 … 2007 2009 2016 … 2017 2016 Today 1989 -1999 Commonwealth Higher Education Management Services (CHEMS) IUCEA become a legal body corporate of EAC 7 Jul Into Force the EAC (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania) Enacted the IUCEA Act. Inter-University Committee (IUC) Protocol for the Establishment of the EAC Common Market

Friday, December 07, 2018 Let reflect a bit on the PAQAF Goals Where are the Objective of PAQAF indicated that … we need to be mind full of the legistrative, systems and protocol. In EAC we are not Accreditational Agency but instead the coordinating body, Friday, December 07, 2018 Source: FRAMEWORK FOR HARMONIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AFRICA THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAN AFRICAN QUALITY AFRICAN FRAMEWORK, Presented in Brussel

Implementation HAQAA – initiative vis- a-vis IUCEA 1/2 Phase 1: Developing a common Understanding for QA Phase 2: Development of Standard and Guideline for EA QA Phase 3: Consolidation for Quality culture in EA Phase 4: Ensuring the sustainability and development of Quality Culture in EAC. Our Understanding for the main objective of HAQAA is Paving the way for Harmonization coordination and coordination Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Implementation HAQAA – initiative vis- a-vis IUCEA 2/2 Phase 1: Developing a common Understanding for QA Phase 2: Development of Standard and Guideline for EA QA ( Volumes 1-4) Phase 3: Consolidation for Quality culture in EA – (Training for Experts (100) Phase 4: Ensuring the sustainability and development of Quality Culture in EAC. – Establishment of QA in the Partner States and Universities - IQA) Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Quality Education for Development Establishment Mandate Tools, techniques/ Framework QA Approach / Mechanisms Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

North- Eastern Africa Action Plan December 2016 –June 2017 Main Objective Outline the Key Quality Assurance practice of Quality Assurance Agencies (QAA) in the regional Specific Objective: Increase the awareness of HAQAA in each East Africa country and use of the tools such as AQRM, U- Multi-rank and Other. Group members: Asmare Demilew Yismaw (Ethiopia), Beatrice Odera- Kwach(Kenya), Abdallah Baguma (Rwanda), Omer Hassan Mohamed(Sudan), Malehe Setta (Tanzania), Pius Achanga (Uganda), Ben Gakwaya Ruhinda ( Uganda), Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Instruments of the EACHEA 1/2 Regional Quality Assurance System, which is based on four operational tools: A policy framework, titled Principles and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education in East Africa; Regional quality assurance instruments contained in the Handbook for Quality Assurance in Higher Education: “Road Map to Quality”. East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network Benchmarks for Academic Programmes, Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Instruments of the EACHEA 2/2 Framework / Policies East African Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (EAQFHE)  Staff Exchange Policy is a guide for efficient sharing of existing resources among universities. Students’ Mobility Policy is a guide for enhancement of students’ mobility across the borders, which contribute to regional integration. Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

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Analysis of QAA Systems in EAC Status of QAA in the East African Region of Higher Education External Quality Assurance Framework [National QA and Peer Review Practice], Institutional Quality Assurance Mechanism [Internal QA Structures] and Benchmarking QA practices at the National, Regional and beyond. CUE (Est 1985) NCHE HEC NCHE TCU (Est 1995) Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Quality Education for Development Quality Assurance framework/system; IUCEA has EA QA system while all 5 members have Adapted IUCEA framework Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

Quality Education for Development Challenges Gap Analysis Doing RAP Lack of a centralized portal of QA systems in the region Need for a centralized database of peer reviewers. Need for centralized regional repository Lack of harmonized appointment and promotion criteria for academics; Lack of harmonized admission criteria. Lack of the information Different level of QA Agencies (preparedness) Need for Resources Legislative framework Friday, December 07, 2018 Quality Education for Development

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