At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define accreditation, quality and standards
• List types of educational institutes in Nigeria
• Enumerate characteristics of accreditation
• List benefits of accreditation
• Compare between program and institutional accreditation
• Differentiate between the types of accreditations
• Create a plan for accreditation
• Illustrate the accreditation (process and decision)
• Explain challenges and constraints for accreditation

COURSE CONTENT

• Introduction
• Definition of key terms, quality Assurance, quality, standards and accreditation
• Principles of accreditation
• Program and institutional accreditation
• Assessment Processes
• Types of accreditation
• The role of the national authority of quality assurance and accreditation
• Accreditation (process and decision)
• Plan for accreditation
• Challenges and constraints
• Conclusion

FOR WHOM

Teachers, Lecturers, HOD, HOS, Educational planners, policy analysts, education statisticians and other professionals involved in educational planning at central or decentralized level.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.