On the 1st of August this month 2024, the Vanuatu Qualifications Authority (VQA) celebrates another key milestone achievement in its operation as a National Post School Education and Training (PSET) regulator in Vanuatu for being certified as a full member of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) for successfully meeting all the requirements, required by the APQN.
The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) is a non-profit and non-governmental network seeking “to enhance the quality of higher education in Asia and the Pacific region that contains over half the world’s population, through strengthening the work of the QAAs and extending the cooperation between them” for its ultimate goal of “Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region” according to its Constitution.
The certification of full membership is being awarded to the Authority by APQN which connects VQA with other Quality Assurance Authority members around the world to have access and benefits such as;
o Participate in the APQN Annual Conference (AAC) and AGM as well as the APQN on-line forum;
o Gain branding through using the APQN logo on the VQA website or relative documents.
o Develop different kinds of collaborations across the distinguished network of Quality Assurance Agencies (QAAs) and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through AACs;
o Co-organize international seminars, workshops or fora together with APQN in our local context;
o Have the right to apply for an APQN Award which occurs once every year;
o Have access to over 180 the consultants in Consultant Data Base and get advice on different and specific Quality Assurance (QA) matters;
o Receive the electronic APQ News twice every year and Annual Report;
o Publish our qualified research paper on APQN Academic in Proceedings during AAC every year;
o Have Access to the electronic periodical of the academic journal “Higher Education Evaluation and Development (HEED)”;
o Have the right to apply for the Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) for QAAs; and
o Have the right to apply for the accreditation of APQN Quality Label for HEIs.
This is a great achievement for the Authority as the National regulator of the PSET sector in Vanuatu, more specifically, as a Quality Assurance Agency for Vocational Training and Higher Education. This milestone marks the commitment, hard work, perseverance and support towards this achievement which will now be a beneficial to the VQA in its operation as a full member of APQN.
For more Information Visit: https://apqn.org/
