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Congratulations to Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) Council of the UGC, Sri Lanka to be the First Quality Assured Quality Agency of APQN
Congratulations to Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) Council of the UGC, Sri Lanka to be the First Quality Assured Quality Agency of APQN
July 25, 2012
Dear all,
It is my pleasure to announce that Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) Council of the UGC, Sri Lanka has successfully become the first member QAA of APQN to undergo external Peer Review. Congratulations to QAA Council!
The QAA Council, Sri Lanka submitted an expression of interest to the APQN and the same was approved by the APQN Board. The site visit was planned during 25-27 June 2012. APQN President facilitated the process by developing templates and guidelines.
The self assessment report was prepared with criteria drawn from APQN guidelines, the Chiba Principles and the INQAAHE guidelines of good practice. The review panel was selected by the Board of APQN and communicated to the QAA Council, Sri Lanka. The selected members were, Dr. Latha Pillai (Chairperson), National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Dr. Manuel Corpus (Member), Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) and Mr. Vicheanon KHIEU (Member), Accreditation Committee of Cambodia.
According to the 3 day programme a detailed interactions were also held with stakeholders such as the UGC, reviewers, authorities of University of Colombo, representatives of the World Bank, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and SAITM, a non state Higher Education Institution. Also opportunities were provided to meet a group of trained reviewers, QAA Council officials and the UGC, Ministry of Higher Education officials.
The peer team feedback was provided with a Review Report and information provided in the report was good enough to understand QAA Council’s strengths and weaknesses. The APQN Board approved the Review Report on July 20, 2012. The status will be valid for 5 year period. As agreed by QAA Council, the Review Report will be published on the members’ only area of the APQN website. QAAC will be awarded Certificate in Annual Conference and AGM, 2013.
The Board of APQN has decided that procedure and templates that are developed by APQN expert team for review will be further fine-tuned so that it can be used for next call for peer review. After success of the first review of EQA in Asia Pacific against APQN Criteria, the Board will open this review process for its member QAAs which are willing to undergo external peer review.
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely
Dr. Jagannath Patil
APQN President