Regional harmonisation in Africa lessons learnt from the

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 Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 1

Background Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 2

Transformation of IUC into IUCEA, after Vice Chancellors meeting in Nairobi Makerere University College HE(Kenya, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar in EA EAC declared as EA-CHEA 20 -May-2017 Burundi & Rwanda acceded on EAC treaty Treaty for the Establishment of EAC 30 -Nov-1999 1963 1970 1980 1998 1999 2000 … 2002 … 2007 South Sudan acceded on EAC treaty 2009 2016 … 2017 1989 -1999 Commonwealth Higher Education Management Services (CHEMS) Inter-University Committee (IUC) 7 Jul IUCEA become a legal body corporate of EAC Into Force the EAC (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania) Enacted the IUCEA Act. Protocol for the Establishment of the EAC Common Market

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Source: FRAMEWORK FOR HARMONIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AFRICA THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAN AFRICAN QUALITY AFRICAN FRAMEWORK, Presented in Brussel 4

Implementation HAQAA – initiative vis- a-vis IUCEA 1/2 ØPhase 1: Developing a common Understanding for QA ØPhase 2: Development of Standard and Guideline for EA QA ØPhase 3: Consolidation for Quality culture in EA ØPhase 4: Ensuring the sustainability and development of Quality Culture in EAC. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 5

Implementation HAQAA – initiative vis- a-vis IUCEA 2/2 ØPhase 1: Developing a common Understanding for QA ØPhase 2: Development of Standard and Guideline for EA QA ( Volumes 1 -4) ØPhase 3: Consolidation for Quality culture in EA – (Training for Experts (100) ØPhase 4: Ensuring the sustainability and development of Quality Culture in EAC. – Establishment of QA in the Partner States and Universities - IQA) Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 6

• Establishment • Mandate • Tools, techniques/ Framework • QA Approach / Mechanisms Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 7

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 Group members: • Asmare Demilew Yismaw (Ethiopia), Beatrice Odera. Kwach(Kenya), Abdallah Baguma (Rwanda), Omer Hassan Mohamed(Sudan), Malehe Setta • Specific Objective: Increase the (Tanzania), Pius Achanga awareness of HAQAA in each (Uganda), Ben Gakwaya Ruhinda East Africa country and use of ( Uganda), the tools such as AQRM, U-Multirank and Other. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 8

Instruments of the 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, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 9

Instruments of the 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. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 10

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Analysis of QAA Systems in EAC Status of QAA in the East African Region of Higher Education ØExternal Quality Assurance Framework [National QA and Peer Review Practice], ØInstitutional Quality Assurance Mechanism [Internal QA Structures] and ØBenchmarking QA practices at the National, Regional and beyond. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development NCHE CUE (Est 1985) HEC NCHE TCU (Est 1995) 12

Quality Assurance framework/system; IUCEA has EA QA system while all 5 members have Adapted IUCEA framework Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Quality Education for Development 13

Challenges Gap Analysis ØLack of a centralized portal of QA systems in the region Ø Need for a centralized database of peer reviewers. Ø Need for centralized regional repository ØLack of harmonized appointment and promotion criteria for academics; ØLack of harmonized admission criteria. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Doing RAP • Lack of the information • Different level of QA Agencies (preparedness) • Need for Resources • Legislative framework Quality Education for Development 14

Thank you Wednesday, September 9, 2020 15