General Higher Education Quality Standards Department

General Higher Education Quality Standards Department
General Higher Education Quality Standards Department
The General Higher Education Quality Standards Department is responsible for ensuring that institutions of higher learning maintain high standards of academic quality and operational excellence.
Key responsibilities of the department include:
Coordinate all activities related to Quality Assurance for general institutions higher learning.
Participate in the setting of standards for accrediting institutions of higher learning.
Coordinate the dissemination of laws, standards, policies, guidelines, and procedures for accrediting institutions of higher learning, and quality assurance.
Coordinate the activities related to the preparation and implementation of educational quality standards, Policies, and guidelines of institutions higher learning.
Coordinate the activities related to monitoring the implementation of the standards in higher learning institutions.
Participate in the activities related to the approval of new Private Institution of Higher Learning, the approval of Upgrading the level of Teaching, the approval of Opening a new branch campus, the approval of Opening a College; a School; a Faculty or an Affiliated Research Institute, the approval of new  curricula, and academic programs of institutions of higher learning;
Plan, organize, and coordinate all activities related to capacity building to enhance quality education in institutions of higher learning.
Provide technical and professional advice on General Higher Education Quality Standards.
Prepare and submit periodic reports on the situation of General Higher Education Quality Standards.
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