Building capacity for quality assurance in the higher education system in Mozambique

Sector

Higher education

Project budget

The maximum budget for this project is € 1.5 million.

Organisations

This project outline has been formulated by the National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Council (CNAQ). The tender for this project expired on 3 May 2011. Nuffic has awarded this tender to CHEPS.

Project description

With the successful implementation of the 2000-2010 Higher Education Strategic Plan (PEES) the country has witnessed an enormous increase in the number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), both in the capital and throughout the country, and in the number of enrolled students.

In Mozambique, Quality Assurance mechanisms and indicators are often non existing. There is also a lack of harmonisation and because graduation requirements vary from one institution to the other, students find it difficult to change institution.

This project aims to enable CNAQ to carry out its Quality Assurance and Accreditation tasks related to the Higher Education sector. This will be achieved by providing training and exposing Council members, executive Directors and technical staff to regional and international best practices. The project also aims to create and consolidate internal Quality Assurance units in every HEI in Mozambique. 

Finally, this project aims to identify, train and set up external evaluation teams who will validate the internal evaluation reports and act as a critical base for the accreditation of public and private HEIs and their programmes