Inter-University Council for East Africa Institution of the East African Community

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1 Inter-University Cuncil fr East Africa Institutin f the East African Cmmunity Mayunga H.H. Nkunya Executive Secretary Hw can Reginal and Internatinal Cperatin Enhance Quality in African Higher Educatin?

2 Presentatin Plan Higher Educatin Mandate f Inter-University Cuncil fr East Africa in East Africa East African Cmmunity Integratin Agenda Harmnizatin f Higher Educatin in the East African Cmmunity Prcess t establish a quality assurance system fr East Africa Cnclusin

3 Higher Educatin in the East African Cmmunity Falls under the mandate f the Inter-University Cuncil fr East Africa and relates t: Advising the East African Cmmunity Partner States n higher educatin matters Crdinating higher educatin and research develpments in the East African Cmmunity thrugh: Facilitating netwrking amng higher educatin institutins in the regin, and with external institutins Facilitating maintenance f quality standards and harmnizatin f higher educatin systems fr prmting reginal integratin Prviding supprt fr the develpment f higher educatin systems and research

4 PARTNER STATES OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

5 EAC Integratin Agenda: Cmmn Market Prtcl Article 11 Establishing higher educatin harmnizatin mechanism t facilitate free mvement f peple, labur and services Develpment f the harmnizatin mechanism is the mandate f the Inter-University Cuncil fr East Africa

6 Harmnizatin f Higher Educatin in East Africa Cmparability f higher educatin systems in the East African Cmmunity Partner States, guided by: Quality assurance framewrk Quality assurance standards, guidelines and prcedures Prgramme benchmarks Quality assurance plicy framewrk Reginal Qualificatins Framewrks fr Higher Educatin

7 Harmnizatin f Higher Educatin in East Africa East Africa becming a cmmn higher educatin space by 2015, as stipulated in the targets fr the attainment f full peratinalizatin f the Prtcl fr the establishment f an East African Cmmn Market 2010, thus prviding a platfrm fr free mvement f labur and students acrss the regin

8 Hw IUCEA is respnding in establishing systems fr harmnizatin f higher educatin in East Africa Establishing harmnized and structured reginal quality assurance system fr the regin that is characterized by harmnized guidelines, benchmarks and prcedures in higher educatin management and delivery systems Develping a generic reginal qualificatins framewrk fr higher educatin characterized by a harmnized credit system, qualificatins descriptrs, qualificatins types and categries, qualificatins levels, articulatin mdes frm ne level r categry t the ther etc. linked t the natinal qualificatins framewrks in the Partner States

9 IUCEA/DAAD/HRK Cllabrative Initiative n Quality assurance In 2006 IUCEA entered int cllabratin with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and later with the German Rectrs Cnference (HRK), bth f them already having experience in reginal quality assurance systems. The cllabratin als invlves Higher Educatin Agencies and Higher Educatin Institutins in the East African Cmmunity Partner States

10 Reginal Cperatin and Netwrking IUCEA cllabrating with the Natinal Higher Educatin Agencies in the East African Cmmunity Partner States in the develpments f higher educatin systems, in line with the reginal integratin agenda, which are: Natinal Cmmissin fr Higher Educatin (NCHE)-Burundi Cmmissin fr University Educatin (CUE)-Kenya Higher Educatin Cuncil (HEC)-Rwanda Tanzania Cmmissin fr Universities (TCU)- Tanzania Natinal Cuncil fr Technical Educatin (NACTE) Tanzania Natinal Cuncil fr Higher Educatin (NCHE)-Uganda

11 East African Framewrk fr Cllabratin in Higher Educatin Shared view n quality f higher educatin Develped Harmnized Guidelines fr Quality Assurance in Higher Educatin: Radmap T Quality Jint dialgue events t strategize and plan fr a cmmn apprach in harmnizatin f higher educatin Mutual recgnitin f accredited institutins and prgrammes Jint capacity building events

12 Prcess t establish a quality assurance system fr East Africa Awareness building and expsure Cnsensus building and agreement n prcedure Develpment f Quality Assurance Instruments: Quality assurance handbk Radmap t Quality in 4 vlumes Human Resurce Capacity Building: Training f quality assurance experts in universities and higher educatin agencies, and peers fr peer reviews Develpment f Prgramme Benchmarks

13 Prcess t establish a quality assurance system fr East Africa Multiplicatin in higher educatin institutins and natinal higher educatin educatin agencies Establishment f an East African Quality Assurance Netwrk f quality assurance practitiners Develpment f an East African Quality Assurance Plicy Framewrk: Similar t the Eurpean guidelines and standards

14 Prcess t establish a quality assurance system fr East Africa Sustainability Sustainability sustainability

15 Cnclusin The Quality Assurance initiative in East Africa by the Inter-University Cuncil fr East Africa will cntinue t have strng impact n the develpment f harmnized higher educatin systems in East Africa fr prmting and facilitating reginal integratin and the develpment f skillful, and internatinally cmpetent human resurces fr the regin. The East African Quality Assurance System is cnsidered an imprtant mdel in supprting the African Unin in its aspiratin t establish a cntinent wide system!

16 Thank yu fr yur attentin