(Eagle News) — An organisation responsible for higher education in Association of SouthEast Asian Nation countries has announced that Southeast Asian universities, for the first time, will have a common quality assessment system at institutional level, under which Hà NỘi University of science will be the first being assessed.
The ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance (AUNQA) launched the quality assurance system and mechanisms at institutional level, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, at the Vietnam National University (VNU) on Tuesday in Hà NỘi.
Dr. Nantana Gajaseni, AUNQA executive director said the organization had only carried out quality assessments in regional universities at program levels so far, and the launching of an assessment system at institutional level “will be a significant milestone to further pave the way towards a better future for ASEAN higher education,” in order for the ASEAN region “to be the hub for quality education”.
She said the new system was created with reference to quality assurance standards of ASEAN, Europe and the united states.
Vietnam National University vice president NguyỄn Hoàng HẢi said Hà NỘi university of science under VNU had registered to become the first university in ASEAN being assessed under the new system in January 2017.
ASEAN university network is an independent organisation, established in 1995 with the goal of promoting human resource development among Southeast Asian nations and their partners.
AUNQA network is a group of chief quality officers appointed by the a-u-n member universities to coordinate activities to realize the mission of harmonizing educational standards and seeking improvement of academic quality of universities in ASEAN.