Education expert, Benedicto, Kondowe has faulted the National Council for higher education of failing its oversight functions in accreditation for higher learning institutions.
Kondowe’s remarks come following the National Council for Higher Education NCHE and Technical Entrepreneurial and Vocational Training Authority (TEVETA)’s warning to the public against enrolling with institutions offering unrecognized educational qualifications.
In an interview with radio Islam, Kondowe emphasized on the need for NCHE as regulator to be more vibrant, if the higher learning institutions in the country were to respect the law and the council’s mandate.
Kondowe said operating without proper accreditation can have a huge impact on the image of the council and the country’s higher education system as a whole saying this is national crisis which should be looked into as a matter of urgency.
“If the institutions are deliberately offering the programs that are not accredited by NCHE, where is NCHE as a regulator? Perhaps this revelation, it is important that it steps up and monitor programs and institutions that are providing services and those that have not been accredited should not operate”, He explained.
Kondowe added that despite the unaccredited institutions are posing a threat to the quality of country’s higher education, he was also quick to say that the foreign boards might be accredited elsewhere in the world, hence advising those that have such qualifications not to lose hope.
National Council for Higher Education NCHE and Technical Entrepreneurial and Vocational Training Authority (TEVETA), have issued the warning following their joint survey which established that two unaccredited international bodies of Business Management Education Centre from the United Kingdom (UK) and the American Institute of Extended Studies (US) are being offered in other higher learning institutions.
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