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Policy guidelines for the functioning of ONESQA
To achieve the goals of its missions, the following policy guidelines have been identified:
- Flexibility in functioning, independence, integrity, responsibility and accountability for an effective check and balance;
- Emphases on quality and efficiency in functioning;
- Promotion of educational institutions for their development to the highest potentiality;
- Establishing an information system for linking with those of the agencies concerned;
- The assessment is aimed at quality enhancement, not passing judgement for either reward or punishment;
- ONESQA will not carry out the assessment itself except in case of system and method development;
- External assessment must be transparent and supported by concrete evidences;
- Private, professional or academic organizations will be encouraged to participate in the training of external assessors;
- Selection of external assessors based on the criteria of competency for accreditation and registration as well as periodic assessment of these assessors; and
- Networking with other parties concerned in order to create an awareness of the collective responsibility for educational quality; are not working as an authoritative body superior to other parties, especially the educational institutions.
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