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The Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Commission is an autonomous body under the umbrella of the
Ministry of Education and Higher Education, responsible directly
to the Minister. The Commission has a full-time Director, a
group of professional and support staff, and a Board of 12
professionals whose mandate is to take final decisions—which get
ratified by the Minister—about its areas of responsibilities.
The ultimate goal of AQAC is the improvement of the quality of
Palestinian higher educational programs and institutions. It has
the responsibility of accreditation of new academic programs,
and licensing and accrediting of any new educational
institutions, regardless of specialization and level of degree.
Towards this end, it reviews existing criteria and standards;
develops new criteria and standards for accreditation and
licensing; develops procedures for the ongoing comprehensive
assessment of all programs of study that grant academic degrees.
The comprehensive 5-year program assessment has started in
2003/2004, using the two-tier methodology of self-evaluation and
external evaluation.
What are the steps
in AQAC's accreditation process?
Mailing address: P.O. Box 17360, Jerusalem , or
1932, Ramallah
Telephone number: + 970-2-2982608;
+972-67-903413
Fax
number: + 970-2-2954518
Email:
aqac@p-ol.com
Website:
www.aqac.mohe.gov.ps | 
