1. 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
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2. Quality Education for Development
Background
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3. 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
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2000 …
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… 2007
2009
2016 … 2017
2016
Today
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

4. 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,
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Source: FRAMEWORK FOR HARMONIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AFRICA THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAN AFRICAN QUALITY AFRICAN FRAMEWORK, Presented in Brussel

5. 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
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6. 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)
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7. Quality Education for Development
Establishment
Mandate
Tools, techniques/ Framework
QA Approach / Mechanisms
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8. 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),
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9. 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,
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10. 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.
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11. Quality Education for Development
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12. 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)
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13. Quality Education for Development
Quality Assurance framework/system; IUCEA has EA QA system while all 5 members have Adapted IUCEA framework
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14. 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
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15. Thank you
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