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 programmes 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 Maldi...
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| author | Naseer, Mariyam Shahuneeza Al-Hidabi, Dawood Abdulmalek Yahya |
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| description | Quality assurance in higher education is a hot topic with the increased number of students graduating from postgraduate programmes 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 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 and 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. |
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| spelling | iium-776172020-03-30T11:28:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77617/ Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present, and future Naseer, Mariyam Shahuneeza Al-Hidabi, Dawood Abdulmalek Yahya L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education Quality assurance in higher education is a hot topic with the increased number of students graduating from postgraduate programmes 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 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 and 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. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77617/12/77617_Quality%20Assurance%20in%20Higher%20Education.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77617/7/77617_Quality%20Assurance%20in%20Higher%20Education%20in%20the%20Maldives%20Past%2C%20Present%2C%20and%20Future_Scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77617/13/77617_Quality%20Assurance%20in%20Higher%20Education_WOS.pdf Naseer, Mariyam Shahuneeza and Al-Hidabi, Dawood Abdulmalek Yahya (2019) Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present, and future. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (2). pp. 353-372. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1424/860 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education Naseer, Mariyam Shahuneeza Al-Hidabi, Dawood Abdulmalek Yahya Quality assurance in higher education in the Maldives: past, present, and future |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education |
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