Lessons from Regional Harmonisation in Africa
In this presentation, we delve into the experience of the East African Community (EAC) in working on regional action plans and the relevance of initiatives like PAQAC and PAQAF. We explore the transformation of the Inter-University Committee (IUC) into the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and the journey towards quality education for development in the region. Learn about the implementation of the Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA) initiative by IUCEA, focusing on developing a common understanding for quality assurance, establishing standards, and ensuring sustainability.
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Regional Regional harmonisation harmonisationin Africa: lessons the work on regional action plans the work on regional action plans Relevance of PAQAC, the Experience of EAC PAQAC, the Experience of EAC in Africa: lessons learnt from Relevance of learnt from Relevance of PAQAF: the EAC-experience By EAC Team Quality Education for Development 1 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Background Background Quality Education for Development 2 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Transformation of IUC into IUCEA, after Vice Chancellors meeting in Nairobi EAC declared as EA-CHEA 20-May-2017 Makerere University College HE(Kenya, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar in EA Burundi & Rwanda acceded on EAC treaty Treaty for the Establishment of EAC 30-Nov-1999 South Sudan acceded on EAC treaty 2009 2016 2017 1963 1970 1998 1999 2000 2002 2007 1980 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
4 Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Source: FRAMEWORK FOR HARMONIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AFRICA THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAN AFRICAN FRAMEWORK FOR HARMONIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AFRICA THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAN AFRICAN QUALITY AFRICAN FRAMEWORK, QUALITY AFRICAN FRAMEWORK, Presented in Presented in Brussel Brussel
Implementation HAQAA Implementation HAQAA initiative IUCEA IUCEA 1/ 1/2 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. initiative vis vis- - a a- -vis vis Quality Education for Development 5 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Implementation HAQAA Implementation HAQAA initiative IUCEA 2/2 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) initiative vis vis- - a a- -vis vis Quality Education for Development 6 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Establishment Mandate Tools, techniques/ Framework QA Approach / Mechanisms Quality Education for Development 7 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
North North- - Eastern Eastern Africa Action Plan Africa Action Plan December December 2016 2016 June 2017 June 2017 Main Objective Outline the Key Quality Assurance practice of Quality Assurance Agencies (QAA) in the regional 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), 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. Quality Education for Development 8 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Instruments of the Instruments of the EACHEA 1/2 EACHEA 1/2 Regional Quality Assurance System, which is based on four operational tools: 1 A policy framework, titled Principles and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education in East Africa; 2 Regional quality assurance instruments contained in the Handbook for Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Road Map to Quality . 3 East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network 4 Benchmarks for Academic Programmes, Quality Education for Development 9 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Instruments of the Instruments of the EACHEA 2/2 EACHEA 2/2 Framework / Policies 1 East African Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (EAQFHE) 2 Staff Exchange Policy is a guide for efficient sharing of existing resources among universities. 3 Students Mobility Policy is a guide for enhancement of students mobility across the borders, which contribute to regional integration. Quality Education for Development 10 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
S/N Activities When Where Who Needed Resources How to measure? 24th -25th May 2017 1st 8th May 2017 8th May 2017 1 Draft a Checklist on QAA Virtual Pius Timelines 2 Discussion group Virtual Ben Feedback 3 Subject matter Discussion filling the checklist Virtual Ben (IUCEA), Prof Hassan (Sudan), Asmari (Ethiopia) Pius, Beatrice, Ben, Prof Hassan, Asmari Beatrice Timelines 21st May 2017 Virtual 4 Feedback to process 1-2 Interaction 22nd May 2017 5 Gap Analysis of the Point 3: Partly virtual and also in Ghana In Ghana Report 29th May 2017 6 Evaluate the process 1 5 Pius, Beatrice, Ben, Prof Hassan, Asmari Facilitation of the members to meet and finalise Facilitation of the members to meet and finalize Report 7 Host the validation meeting at IUCEA Process mapping of the Key features of QAA in EA Regional and HAQAA TBC 2017 Group Minutes ? Quality Education for Development 11 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Analysis of QAA Systems in Analysis of QAA Systems in EAC EAC Status of QAA in the East African Region of Higher Education External Quality Assurance Framework [National QA and Peer Review Practice], CUE (Est 1985) NCHE Institutional Quality Assurance Mechanism [Internal QA Structures] and HEC NCHE TCU (Est 1995) Benchmarking QA practices at the National, Regional and beyond. Quality Education for Development 12 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
IUCEA? Burundi? Kenya? Tanzania? Rwanda? Sudan? (North)? ? X? Uganda? Programme? benchmarks? ? x? x? x? X? x? Principals? and? Guidelines? x? x? x? X? X? x? East? African? Qualifications? Framework? ? x? x? x? X? X? x? Policy? for? Staff? Exchange? x? x? x? X? X? x? Policy? for? student? exchange? x? x? x? X? X? x? QA? guidelines? for? special? and? other? needs? education? x? x? x? x? ? x? ? Quality Assurance framework/system; IUCEA has EA QA system while all 5 members have Adapted IUCEA framework Quality Education for Development 13 Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Challenges Challenges Gap Analysis 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. Doing RAP Lack of the information Different level of QA Agencies (preparedness) Need for Resources Legislative framework 14 Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Quality Education for Development
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