Quality Assurance Policy Development for Open Schools in Asia

Quality Assurance Policy Development for Open Schools in Asia

New Delhi, 05/09/2014: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi will be hosting a workshop on Quality Assurance Policy Development for Open Schools in Asia on behalf of Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver, Canada. COL’s Open Schooling initiative developed the Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open Schools in 2009. Following the development of this generic toolkit, Open schools were expected to contextualize and adapt it to develop their own Quality Assurance policy and procedures. The workshop will be held for Open Schools of Commonwealth Asia with the objectives to support the development of Quality Assurance policies for Open Schools through expert guidance and peer engagement; induct Open Schools to prepare appropriate QA Processes as a means for building quality in their delivery operations; enable Open School practitioners appreciate the importance of policy guidance in institutionalising robust quality assurance systems in their institutions. The workshop will be held from September 08-12, 2014 at Clarion Collection, New Delhi, India. Dr. Ephraim Mahlanga from South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE), South Africa will facilitate the five days workshop.