Leadership Workshops - Tanzania Commission for Universities

f. In view of the growth and development of the EAC, SADCand beyond, university
institutions in collaboration with the Commission, should work towards
accessing the wider higher education area in the EAC, SADC and beyond the
regions rather than continuing with the practice of pursuing only domestic
opportunities.
g. Considering the growth in secondary education in the country and the growing
number of students who will wish to join higher education in future, each
university institution should take this aspect into accounts in its Master Plan so
as to ensure the attainment of a sustainable and quality growth of higher
education in the country.
5. Quality Assurance Practices in Higher Education
a. The Commission in collaboration with university institutions should, by
2013/14 academic year, put in place and implement a quality assurance
framework. The framework should take into account other national, regional
and international initiatives on quality assurance, in particular the IUCEA quality
assurance initiatives aimed at establishing the EAC common higher education
area.
b. Each university institution should put in place a quality assurance policy and
quality management plan. In this regard, each institution should ensure that it
develops and embraces the quality assurance culture so that quality assurance
becomes one of the pillars of the provision of university education by the
institution rather than an external requirement by the regulatory bodies.
c. Each university institution, in collaboration with the Commission, should
integrate soft skills – communication skills, interpersonal skills, social skills,
interview and negotiation skills, confidence building, reporting skills, etc - to
staff and students. The integration of soft skills should be part of the curricula
development, review, validation and approval process.
d. Each university institution, in collaboration with the Commission, should ensure
that students become responsible for their own learning as a way of improving
their own skills and competencies. On its side, the university institution should
ensure it facilitates the student centered learning process by designing its
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