Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World

The Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (AQAAIW) was established in 2011.

The goals of AQAAIW are:

• to enhance the capacity of quality assurance agencies in countries of the Islamic World;
• to facilitate collaboration and exchanges of best practices, experiences and expertise among quality assurance agencies of countries of the Islamic World; and
• to encourage cooperation with regional and international quality assurance organisations;

The website is http://www.mqa.gov.my/aqaaiw/

Members

• Full Members:
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Algeria
  • Ministry of Education, Azerbaijan
  • Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training, Bahrain
  • Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council, Brunei
  • National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education, Egypt]
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, the Gambia
  • National Accreditation Board for Higher Education, Indonesia
  • Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran
  • National Accreditation Center, Kazakhstan
  • Malaysian Qualifications Agency, Malaysia
  • Quality Assurance Agency, [[[Pakistan]]
  • National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment, Saudi Arabia
  • Evaluation and Accreditation Corporation, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan
  • Council of Higher Education, Turkey
  • Higher Education Planning, Evaluation, Accreditation and Coordination Council, Turkish Northern Cyprus
  • National Council for Higher Education, Uganda

• Associate Members
  • Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon
  • University of Palestine, Palestine

It is mentioned in an ICDE publication that the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia are members of the Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World: 'REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION: A pilot study in the Southwest Pacific/South East Asia Region. Final Report',DEHub, the Australasian Council for Open and Distance Education (ACODE), the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) and the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), December 2011, http://www.icde.org/projects/regulatory_frameworks_for_distance_education/final_report, April 2012.

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