Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future

Quality assurance in higher education is a hot topic with the increased number of students graduating from postgraduate programs offered by the higher education institutions. This qualitative study aimed to look at the history and the current status of the quality assurance mechanisms in the Mald...

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Main Authors: Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam, Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/1/Naseer_MS_Manuscript%20-%2016%20Mar%202019.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/2/ICRCG2018%20Program%20Latest%20Schedule%20%281%29.pdf
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spelling iium-706862019-03-22T07:52:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/ Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood L Education (General) Quality assurance in higher education is a hot topic with the increased number of students graduating from postgraduate programs offered by the higher education institutions. This qualitative study aimed to look at the history and the current status of the quality assurance mechanisms in the Maldives; identify its strengths and weaknesses; and make data informed recommendations. Critical event narrative inquiry was used and data were collected through interviews and analysis of documents. Content analysis of data collected revealed that Maldives was one of the very first countries in the region to establish such a mechanism and it was very similar to that of Australia. The most significant finding was that the body mandated to assure higher education quality did not have any power or regulatory authority. Therefore, it is important that the authority be an independent body established by an act of parliament with the regulatory power. 2018-10-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/1/Naseer_MS_Manuscript%20-%2016%20Mar%202019.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/2/ICRCG2018%20Program%20Latest%20Schedule%20%281%29.pdf Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam and Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood (2018) Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future. In: International Conference on Religion, Culture and Governance in the Contemporary World (ICRCG 2018), 3rd-4th October 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam
Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood
Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
description Quality assurance in higher education is a hot topic with the increased number of students graduating from postgraduate programs offered by the higher education institutions. This qualitative study aimed to look at the history and the current status of the quality assurance mechanisms in the Maldives; identify its strengths and weaknesses; and make data informed recommendations. Critical event narrative inquiry was used and data were collected through interviews and analysis of documents. Content analysis of data collected revealed that Maldives was one of the very first countries in the region to establish such a mechanism and it was very similar to that of Australia. The most significant finding was that the body mandated to assure higher education quality did not have any power or regulatory authority. Therefore, it is important that the authority be an independent body established by an act of parliament with the regulatory power.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam
Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood
author_facet Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam
Abdulmalek Yahya Alhidabi, Dawood
author_sort Shahuneeza Naseer, Mariyam
title Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
title_short Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
title_full Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
title_fullStr Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
title_full_unstemmed Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present and future
title_sort quality assurance in higher education in the maldives: past, present and future
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/1/Naseer_MS_Manuscript%20-%2016%20Mar%202019.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70686/2/ICRCG2018%20Program%20Latest%20Schedule%20%281%29.pdf
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