ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AUDIT (APA)

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The National Higher Education Strategic Plan (PSPTN) 7 strategic thrusts :1.Widening Access and Increasing Equity 2.Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning 3.Intensifying Research and Innovation 4.Strengthening of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)5.Intensifying Internationalisation6.Enculturation of Lifelong Learning 7.Reinforcing MOHE Delivery System

“3 A’s-APEX, Audit and Accountability”

The National Higher Education Strategic Plan (PSPTN) Beyond 2020

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BACKGROUND-”leveling quality of Higher Education”

● One of the transformation challenges

● Higher Education Transformation Master Plans 2007-2010 identified 15 projects

● The APA has been identified as one of the projects under the 2nd strategic thrust of PSPTN.

● The Malaysian Qualifications Agency’s to conduct the Academic Performance Audit (APA) on the 59 universities.

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Audits

● Form of an external quality assurance in which institutions self assessments against criteria

● The quality assurance criteria and standards are intended to help develop, enhance, strengthened the institutional effectiveness

● It is dependent on the internal quality assurance system

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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AUDIT-Institutional Systemic Health Assessment

● Effectiveness of the internal management systems for quality by which institutions manage their core functions, with resources and manpower available;

● Strength, Weaknesses in the academic performance of

the universities Improvements needed, Actions plans by institutions, Institutions demonstrate that they have

systems and resources in place for institutional effectiveness

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Results

● Institutions do not ‘pass’ or ‘fail’

● Reports are not intended to penalize or reward institutions accordingly

● Information generated-HE trends, differences between institutions-public and private, systems, perspectives, impact of policy implementation, constraint and expectations

● May lead to adjustment of audit framework

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Report

● MQA’s Institutional Audit Committee

● Analysis of reports of performance of institution for policy considerations and future plans to assist institutions to improve HE and the institutions further.

Ministry of Higher Education

Institutions concerned

● Summary report accessible to public.

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APA Project Implementations

1. Information Format-Code of Practice for Institutional Audits (COPIA)

● Multi purpose audit code● Comprehensive and thematic, periodic● Information template guided and

consistent● COPIA guides institutions to prepare for

audits, for audit panels and MQA officers.● Explains the processes, responsibilities &

actors● Audit criteria and report writing formats

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Implementation of APA Project

2. The project will be conducted in two phases:

(i) The Pre-Audit Phase

-notice of project (September 2008)

-preparation time of Self Review Portfolio

(SRP)

(ii) The Audit Phase – panel visits to universities

(iii) Report submission to MQA and MOHE

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Project Schedule-2008-2009

● Schedule of universities for audit visits will be issued in December 2008 (negotiable)

● Submission open from December 2008-April 2009

● Audit visits will begin in January for early submissions.

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Cooperation

● Complete basic documents on time

● Clinics

● Preparation by universities for visits

● Auditors from universities

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THANK YOU

Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)14 B, Menara PKNS-PJ17, Jalan Yong Shook Lin 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangorwww.mqa.gov.my

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