PROGRAMMEREACCREDITATION

Programme Coordinator Briefing I

21 September 2016

by

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kiran Kaur Gurmit Singh

Deputy Director

QMEC

MALAYSIAN QUALIFICATIONS AGENCY

The main role of the MQA is to implement the Malaysian QualificationsFramework (MQF) as a basis for quality assurance of higher education and asthe reference point for the criteria and standards for national qualifications. TheMQA is responsible for monitoring and overseeing the quality assurancepractices and accreditation of national higher education

MQF is an instrument that develops and classifies qualifications based on a set of criteria that are approved nationally and benchmarked against international best practices, and which clarifies the earned academic levels, learning outcomes of study areas and credit system based on student academic load.

MALAYSIAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

MALAYSIAN QUALIFICATIONS REGISTER

Section 81 of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency Act 2007 (Act 679) provides that the Agency shall establishand maintain a national register known as the Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR), containing programmes,qualifications and higher education providers accredited under the Act.

The MQR is the reference point for accredited programmes awarded by higher education providers. Theseprogrammes or qualifications (i.e. certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, or degree) must conform to theMalaysian Qualifications Framework.

The objectives of the MQR are :

(i) to provide information on accredited programmes and qualifications;

(ii) to enable stakeholders to know, understand and make comparison on the features of a qualification and

its relationship with other qualifications;

(iii) to facilitate the credit transfer process .

is an assessment exercise to ascertain that the teaching, learning and all other related activities of a programme provided by a higher education provider has met the quality standards and in compliance with the MQF.

In general, MQA quality assures programmes through two distinct processes

PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION

FULL ACCREDITATION

is an exercise to determine whether a programme has met the minimum quality requirements preliminary to Full Accreditation.

SELF-ACCREDITATION (SWAAKREDITASI)

• Self-accreditation status entitles an institution of higher learning (IPT) to accredit their own programmes, unless a programme of study that require professional accreditation and recognition of the relevant professional body.

• Universiti Malaya

PROGRAMME REACCREDITATION

Reaccreditation of programmes is to be conducted once every five

years

• to ensure the programmes are re-registered in the Malaysian

Qualifications Register (MQR) managed by MQA

• to ensure that the existing programmes are relevant and in

line with market and industry requirements.

SCOPE : PHASE 1

• All Bachelor’s degree programmes

[ 71 programmes – Deemed Accredited]

• Professional programmes are excluded

Responsibility Activity Target

Completion date

RC 1. Conduct Curriculum review of the said programme COMPLETED

2. Prepare the PSAR (03) document Oct.– Dec. 2016

QMEC/Panel of

assessors

1. Review the PSAR(03) Jan. - March 2017

2. Conduct site visit to verify the information in PSAR (03) and

prepare accreditation report

March - June 2017

3. Make recommendations based on findings:

(i) Direct accreditation

(ii) Conditional accreditation

(iii) Revocation of accreditation

Senate Grant the status of accreditation June – August 2017

MQA Up-date status of the programme in MQR July – Sept 2017.

PROCESS

PROGRAMME REACCREDITATION

• Review of documentation by programme Evaluation/Assessor Panel

• Visit by Panel

• Days depends on number of programmes to be audited

• Number of panel depends on number of programmes at RC

• All programmes within the same area will be evaluated in a single audit.

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED

PSAR-03 for each programme

Part A: General Information of Programme

Part B: Programme Standards [Area 1 – Area 7]

Part C: Programme Self evaluation

PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION OF PROGRAMME

1. Name of Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre:2. Name of department (if relevant):3. Name of programme:4. Name of award:5. NEC Code6. List of programmes offered by Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre:7. Date of last Curriculum Review:8. Expected type of graduate employment:9. Sample of scroll awarded:10. Provide organizational chart 11. Programme Coordinator information

PART B: GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAMME REACCREDITATION

Area 1: Programme Development and DeliveryArea 2: Assessment of Student LearningArea 3: Student Selection and Support ServicesArea 4: Academic StaffArea 5: Educational Resources Area 6: Programme ManagementArea 7: Programme Monitoring, Review and

Continual Quality Improvement

PART C: PROGRAMME SELF EVALUATION

The department needs to prepare a Programme self-evaluationwhich includes the following:• Strengths of the programme in meeting its goals;• Areas of concern that need to be addressed;• Strategies for maintaining and enhancing the strengths of the

programme;• Steps that have been taken to address the problem areas; and• Conclusions and recommendations for improvement.

• Guideline For Programme Reaccreditation