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GUIDELINES ON CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM ACCREDITATION (AREA 1, 2, 3 AND 8). OUTLINE. What is COPPA? THE STANDARDS – Benchmarked and Enhanced GUIDELINES ON THE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE NINE AREAS OF EVALUATION FOR PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION
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GUIDELINES ON CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM ACCREDITATION(AREA 1, 2, 3 AND 8)
OUTLINE • What is COPPA? • THE STANDARDS – Benchmarked and Enhanced • GUIDELINES ON THE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE NINE AREAS OF EVALUATION FOR PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION • Vision , Mission, Educational Goals and Learning Outcomes • Curriculum Design and Delivery • Assessment of Students • Student Selection and Support Services • Academic Staff • Educational Resources • Programme Monitoring and Review • Leadership, Governance and Administration • Continual Quality Improvement
Area 2.2 -Programme Design & Teaching - Learning (T-L)Methods • The Departmentmusthave its defined processfor curriculum establishment , review and evaluation • The Process must involve department’s academic & administrative staff • The Programme must only be considered after a needs assessment • mustbe considered only after resources to support it identified • The Programme Content , approach & T-L Methods mustbe appropriate, consistent , and support the achievement of programme learning outcomes • Teaching-learning methods - there mustbe variety to achieve the eight domains of learning outcomes • The Curriculumshould encourage multi-disciplinary approaches to enhance personal development of students • Theneeds analysis should involve external sources feedback • Co-curricular activities should be there to enrich student experience
The Programme Content & Delivery must • be regularly reviewed and evaluated and its results utilised to assure quality (must involve external examiners – for MQF level 6 and above ) Area 2.4 - Management of the Programme • The Students must : • be provided with the most current information of programme aims, out-line, learning outcomes and assessment methods • The Programme must : • havea coordinator and a team of appropriate staff • haveauthority and established procedures • begiven adequate resources • - for implementation and evaluation for quality improvement The Students The Programme Team The Programme