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THE IMPERATIVE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR CARIBBEAN TERTIARY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS
THE IMPERATIVE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR CARIBBEAN TERTIARY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS
(Peter Whiteley,Senior Project Officer, Office of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona)
This paper outlines arguments that support the development and implementation of a full system of Quality Assurance and Audit for academic programmes in institutions such as in Dominica where the Government of Dominica intends to amalgamate its tertiary colleges into one institution, it also outlines efforts in several of the regional TLIs to establish quality assurance systems. Possible components and foci of such a system are suggested and the resource demands outlined.