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.