Micro-Credentials and Quality Assurance

July 27, 2021

HEADLINES

Micro-Credentials Can Stimulate Diversity of Provision (University World News, July 24, 2021) “Designing a set of ‘key considerations’ for (internal) quality assurance of micro-credentials in collaboration with various stakeholders and providers is recommended.”

NCEA Convener Visits Thar Institute of Sciences & Technology (UrduPoint [Pakistan] July 14, 2021) “The purpose of the visit was to review the educational standards and facilities provided at the Thar Institute of Sciences and Technology so that institution could be further improved and to be included in the best educational institutions.”

Don Tasks Regulatory Bodies on Quality Assurance in Higher Education Systems (National Accord [Nigeria], July 9, 2021) “A professor of Education from University of Ibadan has urged regulatory bodies to see educational evaluation as a veritable tool for quality assurance in higher education systems. The don urged the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), to as a matter of policy incorporate evaluation into their accreditation and quality assurance systems.”