Student Learning Outcomes and Accreditation in India

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Students’ Performance in National Level Test to Determine College’s Accreditation (The Hindu [India], August 24, 2022) “The draft white paper of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has envisaged a national level test to assess student learning outcomes after they graduate. The test would help in assessing if higher educational institutions enable students to ‘acquire the capacity for higher-order cognition’ in all Bachelor degree programmes, irrespective of specialisation and future career tracks.”

Northern Cape’s Lone Nursing Institution Faces Closure Due to Failing in Meeting Accreditation Criteria (South African Broadcasting Company, August 23, 2022) “The only nursing college in the Northern Cape faces closure due to the failure of the Health Department in meeting the criteria for the accreditation of the college by the Council of Higher Education and the country’s Nursing Council.”

HEC to Stop Admission to 42 Majors in Public Universities (Jordan News, August 16, 2022) “The Higher Education Council approved the nomination of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions to suspend admission to 42 majors in Jordanian public universities for the academic year 2022–2023 as a result of a breach of special accreditation standards, or for exceeding the absorptive capacities.”

New Tunisian Agency to Evaluate Higher Education Institutions Gets Mixed Reception (Al-Fanar Media,  August 7, 2022) “A new Tunisian agency to evaluate and accredit higher-education institutions is getting mixed reactions from the country’s academics. The government says it created the agency to improve the international competitiveness of Tunisian higher education and research, but some academics question whether it is needed and others say it must be resourced properly.”

QAA Withdrawal Could ‘Devalue’ Higher Education Qualifications in England (Pinsent Masons, July 29, 2022) “The planned withdrawal of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) from its role as England’s designated quality body (DQB) could have a negative impact on how the country’s higher education qualifications are perceived internationally.”