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   <dc:title>African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA)</dc:title>
   <dc:creator>HAQAA Initiative</dc:creator>
   <dc:subject>Educació superior</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Àfrica</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Higher education</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Africa</dc:subject>
   <dcterms:abstract>Podeu consultar la versió en francès a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126940 ; la versió en portuguès a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126941 i la versió en àrab a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126942</dcterms:abstract>
   <dcterms:abstract>The HAQAA (Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation)</dcterms:abstract>
   <dcterms:abstract>Harmonised quality higher education systems are imperative for Africa to realise the&#xd;
vision of an integrated, prosperous and peaceful continent. The African Union (AU) has,&#xd;
at the highest level, called for the harmonisation and strengthening of the quality of&#xd;
higher education in Africa to make it both locally relevant and globally competitive. This&#xd;
is in line with the AU’s Agenda 2063: “The Africa We Want”, and is an important&#xd;
instrument for facilitating the recently signed AU Continental Free Trade Area. These&#xd;
efforts are a culmination of Africa’s long time desire for harmonised higher education&#xd;
systems that can facilitate the mobility of trained people with accredited qualifications.&#xd;
Diverse systems of higher education have resulted in the lack of mutual recognition of&#xd;
university degrees, constraining academic integration and the mobility of students across&#xd;
the African continent. Collective endorsement of harmonisation and mutual recognition&#xd;
presupposes increased attention to quality and quality assurance in higher education.&#xd;
The rapid growth in the number of students and higher education institutions (HEIs), and&#xd;
the increased focus on employability, have made quality and quality assurance central&#xd;
topics. If Africa’s investment in the education of its youth is to reap demographic&#xd;
dividends, quality and quality assurance in higher education and training are essential.</dcterms:abstract>
   <dcterms:issued>2018-12-13T09:19:24Z</dcterms:issued>
   <dcterms:issued>2018-12-13T09:19:24Z</dcterms:issued>
   <dcterms:issued>2017</dcterms:issued>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/report</dc:type>
   <dc:relation>http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126940</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126941</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126942</dc:relation>
   <dc:rights>cc by-nc-nd (c) HAQQA Initiative, 2017</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
   <dc:publisher>HAQQA Initiative</dc:publisher>
   <dc:source>Informes - Iniciativa HAQAA (Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation)</dc:source>
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