The Fiji Higher Education Commission is embarking on making Fiji’s higher education qualifications internationally recognized.
This was highlighted by the Fiji Higher Education Commission executive chairman, Dr. Richard Wah at the opening of the Committee for Accreditation of University Qualifications (CAUQ) workshop today.
At the workshop, Dr Wah urged participants to work together in establishing appropriate standards through the Fiji Qualifications Framework (FQF).
“This Committee will initially determine the appropriate standards of all programmes at levels 7 – 10 on FQF. FHEC will tend confirm decisions as appropriate.
Therefore, it is important that the evaluators and secretariat staff remove any unnecessary barriers that might hinder this process. I dare say there are possible barriers, but as Fiji seeks to obtain international recognition of its qualifications via FQF, I implore you all (VCs and your universities, evaluators, secretariat and other persons) to put aside any differences and work together to achieving this aim,” Dr Wah said.
Dr. Wah said the FQF has been referenced against the Pacific Register for Qualifications and Standards (PQRS), which in turn is being referenced against a number of Pacific Islands’ NQFs.
“The processes that are being introduced today are based on an international phenomenon of the National Qualifications
Framework.
“We are an independent sovereign state, we are developing our own to suit our own people, and it is important that you are the people who will help us do this.
In 2016, FHEC will host the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INHAAQE) at InterContinental Fiji.
Independent Chairman, CAUQ, Dr. John Harre said that the training workshop is a platform in attaining the feedback of the participants for the development of Fiji’s higher education qualification systems.
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