Welcome
Written by Administrative User
6 February 2008 11:52
Welcome to the Afghan eQuality Alliances hub. For a look at the higher education challenges in Afghanistan, check out the country summary prepared by the World Bank.
To learn about the Afghan eQuality Alliances please choose a category or page from the menu on the left.
Goal: Equal access to quality education and e-educational resources
By end 2010: enrolment of students to universities will be 100,000 with at least 35% female students; and the curriculum in Afghanistan’s public universities will be revised to meet the development needs of the country and private sector growth.
Afghanistan compact (2005)
Program overview:
The USAID-funded Afghan eQuality Alliances is made up of leaders and stakeholders who work together towards a common goal: Afghans building capacity in higher education for sustainable nation building. By complimenting each other’s strengths, the institutions and individuals achieve results beyond what any single organization or sector could realize alone. Afghan-led alliances include partners from the U.S., India, Japan, Europe and Africa. Project start date is June 16, 2006; end date is June 16, 2011. Total USAID funding=$12 million. Contact beebem@wsu.edu.
Afghan: Emphasis on Afghan leadership in higher education in sustainable nation building with a supportive role played by American and other partner institutions.
eQuality: Equal access to quality education and e-educational resources.
Alliances: Reciprocal relationships that are mutually beneficial, two-way knowledge exchanges that achieve results beyond what any single organization or sector could realize alone.Key outcomes:
1. Improved capacity of the leadership and management of 19 higher education institutions to meet standards of excellence and quality assurance.
2. Improved capacity of 5 Kabul-based and 6 regional higher education institutions to sustain services of an Afghans Next Generation e-Learning (ANGeL) Center for Teaching and Learning.
3. Improved capacity (knowledge, attitude and skills) of lecturers to teach students by upgrading their curriculum, course syllabus, and online content in key academic areas.
4. Strengthened capacity of Kabul University and the Civil Service Institute to build capacity in public policy and administration.
Key strategies:
1. Use of Global Development Alliances (GDA) to provide experts with relevant teaching or industry experience and peer to peer technical assistance and training opportunities to achieve shared objectives.
2. Use of IT -- integrated digital library http://afghan.library.arizona.edu/ and Afghans Next Generation eLearning (ANGeL) learning management system http://angel.uwc.ac.za/index to provide access to up-to-date teaching and learning materials to be shared across 19 universities, to augment not to replace the lecturer, and to enable a variety of learning modes. See http://www.afghanequalityalliances.net
Benefits to all 19 universities:
1. Communications. Enhancing communications, fostering administrative efficiencies, and strengthening bonds within (and among) professional, educational and local communities.
2. Nation wide purchasing and licensing. Sharing full-text online databases, educational software and video programs; identifying similar resources that could be available to higher education at little or no charge.
3. Collaboration. Co-development of open educational resources for cross-cutting core competencies and for strengthened academic disciplines.
4. National Roadmap for Achieving International Standards of Performance.
Improving standards for national quality assurance and international recognition.
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