Uganda
Kyambogo University
Uganda Martyrs University
Kampala University
Kampala International University
Uganda Christian University
Ndejje University
Lugazi University
Busitema University
Kenya
Catholic University of East Africa
St. Paul’s University
University of Eastern Africa, Baraton
University of Nairobi
Moi University
African Nazarene University
Kabarak University
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam University College
St. John’s University of Tanzania
University of Dodoma
Muslim University of Morogoro
Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
Mkwawa University College
State University of Zanzibar
Muhimbili Univ. Health Allied Sciences
Burundi
University of Burundi
Rwanda
National University of Rwanda
One officer from the Ugandan Ministry of Education and one staff from each of the regulatory agencies in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania also attended the training. The aim of the training of the QA Coordinators was to create a critical mass of quality assurance experts in East Africa, both at the universities and the regulatory agencies.
The following programs were selected for pilot self-assessment for the Quality Assurance Coordinators Course B:
:: Medicine
:: Business Studies
:: Computer Science/Informatics
:: Education with English Language
Training of Peers for Pilot Programme Evaluation
About 20 East African Peers were trained in Nairobi from 16th – 23rd November 2008. The training was followed by a pilot peer review of 10 programmes: 5 in Kenya; 3 in Tanzania and 2 in Uganda, involving 6 German experts.
QA Regional Workshop
The Quality assurance Regional workshop to implement the IUCEA/DAAD Master Plan 2010 was held from 26-31 January, 2009 Nairobi Kenya at Laico Regency Hotel. It brought together the first 1st and second Cohorts, together with the Deputy Vice-Chancellors responsible for academic affairs.
The specific objectives of each cluster of participants included:
QA Coordinators’ Course, Group A (1st Cohort)
:: To receive feedback on Peer Visits
:: Reflection/Share experiences from the 1st round of peer visits on External Programme Evaluation
Training of Peers for Pilot Programme Evaluation
About 20 East African Peers were trained in Nairobi from 16th – 23rd November 2008. The training was followed by a pilot peer review of 10 programmes: 5 in Kenya; 3 in Tanzania and 2 in Uganda, involving 6 German experts.
QA Regional Workshop
The Quality assurance Regional workshop to implement the IUCEA/DAAD Master Plan 2010 was held from 26-31 January, 2009 Nairobi Kenya at Laico Regency Hotel. It brought together the first 1st and second Cohorts, together with the Deputy Vice-Chancellors responsible for academic affairs.
The specific objectives of each cluster of participants included:
QA Coordinators’ Course, Group A (1st Cohort)
:: To receive feedback on Peer Visits
:: Reflection/Share experiences from the 1st round of peer visits on External Programme Evaluation
:: Preparation of the 2nd Round of peer visits
:: Develop improvement plans
:: Identify learning outcomes per country
QA Coordinators‘ Course, Group B (2nd Cohort)
:: Progress report on Self Assessment Reports(SRAs)
:: Reflection and progress report of SARs
:: Discussing and sharing experiences on resistance
and communication
:: Discussing how to deal with qualitative methods
Meeting of the DVCs Academics
:: Information on QA Initiative and the QA
coordinators’ Course
:: How do Universities Benefit form (regional) QA
:: How to institutionalize QA within a University
:: How to use the pilot for introducing QA within a
University
:: Support needed for the pilots?
Visit by IUCEA/DAAD to Rwanda on a Senzitization Workshop
A delegation of six Quality Assurance experts from IUCEA and DAAD visited Rwanda from 1st - 4th February 2009. The Team was designated to sensitize the top Higher Education Management of the two countries on quality assurance matters as part of the initiative to bring in Rwanda and Burundi into the IUCEA QA initiative. On 3rd February a national workshop was held in Kigali at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). It was attended by 110 participants from both public and private institutions. A similar workshop is being organized for Burundi.
