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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1990
KONG'S
MASSIVE EXPANSION OF BY GOVERNMENT, AND HAS THE NON-UNIVERSITY
AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF HONG DEGREE EDUCATION, THE HKCAA WAS ESTABLISHED THE DAUNTING TASK OF VALIDATING DEGREE COURSES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
ITS ESTABLISHMENT IS A RESULT OF NEARLY TWO YEARS' PROVISIONAL COUNCIL SET UP BY GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE THE WAY INDEPENDENT STATUTORY BODY.
WORK BY A FOR THIS
INSTITUTIONS, OR
THE INSTITUTION AS A REVIEWS BUT THE
THE HKCAA MAY EVALUATE INDIVIDUAL COURSES AT REVIEW THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE OR STANDARD OF WHOLE. INITIALLY, THERE WILL BE SOME INSTITUTIONAL MAIN EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE VALIDATION OF DEGREE COURSES.
HKCAA
WILL
FOR
THE INSTITUTIONS, LATER, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY MOVE TOWARDS ACCREDITING THEM SO VALIDATING THEIR OWN COURSES SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW.
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS
ON THE HKCAA WILL ALSO WORK TOWARDS BECOMING AN AUTHORITY
BOTH WITHIN HONG KONG COMPARABILITY OF DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS OVERSEAS.
THE
AND
RECOGNITION STUDENTS,
OF
THE
THROUGH ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL THIS IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED
AGREEMENTS FOR THE SYSTEMS OF CREDIT TRANSFERS AND
OF HONG KONG ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS TO THE BENEFIT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, THEIR GRADUATES, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
HOLD THE HIGHER
AS A STEP TOWARDS THIS GOAL, IN 1991, THE HKCAA WILL
IN ASSURANCE INTERNATIONAL
FIRST EDUCATION.
CONFERENCE
ON
QUALITY
REVIEWS AT THE
AND
THE HKCAA WILL UNDERTAKE ITS VALIDATIONS REQUEST OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) OF OTHER TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CONSENT.
DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL
DR DAVID BETHEL, OF 22 DISTINGUISHED THIRD OF WHOM ARE OVERSEAS MEMBERS.
CHAIRMANSHIP OF GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A COUNCIL, UNDER THE
ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONALS, A
STAFF THE FULL TIME
OF THE DIRECTOR PLUS FOUR OTHER PROFESSIONALS OF ACCREDITATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
HKCAA
WITH
COMPRISES THE EXECUTIVE
CONSIDERABLE
EXPERIENCE
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