Angola scored just 3.6 points in the continental assessment of higher education quality assurance systems, highlighting institutional progress but also persistent weaknesses in research, innovation and the internationalisation of the country’s universities.
With a score of 3.6 on a scale of 0 to 5, Angola remains well behind the African countries leading higher education quality assurance systems. The assessment, conducted under the continental Harmonisation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation in African Higher Education (HAQAA) initiative, places the National Institute for the Evaluation, Accreditation and Recognition of Higher Education Studies (INAAREES) among the institutions that only partially meet the international standards required to ensure the academic quality of universities and higher education institutions.
The result is significant because HAQAA is currently Africa’s main framework for harmonising higher education systems and promoting the mutual recognition of academic qualifications across the continent.
Supported by the African Union and the European Union, the initiative seeks to create a more integrated African higher education area, allowing students, lecturers and researchers to move more easily between institutions across the continent.
The assessment does not directly measure the quality of universities themselves. Instead, it evaluates the capacity of national regulatory authorities to ensure that higher education institutions comply with minimum quality standards.
Source: Expansão
