The preparations for Institutional Monitoring and Evaluation for Quality Assurance of Higher Education Institutions IQUAME) in MDC geared off to a warm start when an orientation was held last July 9 at the Speech Laboratory formally ushering the School’s readiness to undergo with its procedures.
Ms. Ruby Andrion, Assistant Director of Quality Management Office of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), lengthily discussed the process in the presence of Mrs. Theresita O. Turla, MDC President, and a crowd of administrators, faculty members, and students.
During her talk, Ms. Andrion
pointed out that IQUAME is a qualitative evaluation of the effectiveness of the
arrangement between the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and the government
to manage the quality and standards of the former’s programs. Specifically, it
considers all the
HEI’s pertinent matters relating to governance, management, student support,
relations with the community and resource allocation. She also reminded that it
is outcomes-based and developmental in its approach.
The CHED official repeatedly emphasized that the government’s role in this aspect is more collaborative than regulatory adding “CHED works with institutions to assist them in strengthening their management of academic and administrative processes so that they (HEI) are better able to achieve their educational objectives.”
Various working committees were created to prepare for IQUAME with Dr. Gloria Ascano, Consultant of the Quality Assurance Office, and Ms. Ritchel B. Bernardo, Chair of the Foreign Languages Department, acting as Overall Chairman and Co-Chairman, respectively.