Afghan eQuality Alliances in Afghanistan
Project Description
The Afghan eQuality Alliance Is an Afghan-led organization made up of stakeholders and leaders in Afghanistan’s higher education community that seek to work with and/or partner with Afghan higher education institutions.
The goal is equal access to quality education and e-educational resources and by 2010 enrollment of students to universities will be 100,000 with at least 35% female students. The curriculum in Afghanistan’s public universities will be revised to meet the development needs of the country and the private sector.
Afghan President Karzai recognizing recent university graduates
Key outcomes are:
- Improved capacity of the leadership and management of 19 higher education institutions to meet standards of excellence and quality assurance.
- Improved capacity of 5 Kabul-based and 4 regional higher education institutions to sustain services of an Afghan Next Generation eLearning (ANGeL) Center for Teaching and Learning.
- Improved capacity of lecturers to upgrade their curriculum, course syllabus, and online content in key academic areas.
- Strengthened capacity of Kabul University and the Civil Service Institute to build capacity in public policy and administration.
Key strategies to achieve outcomes are:
- Use 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.
- Use Information Technology 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.
Duration
2006-2010
Funding Agency
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
WSU Contact Person
Maria Beebe,
beebem@wsu.edu
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