Pacific Qualifications Recognition project completes its initial stages
Fiji steps up qualification policy development
To improve the quality of national qualifications, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Fiji, in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), is working to strengthen the outcomes of local qualifications, aligning…
Pacific Qualifications Framework: Achieving strengthened regional qualifications goals one criterion at a time!
Quality assurance and education leaders from 11 Pacific Island countries, along with Australia and New Zealand, convened for the Pacific Qualifications Advisory Board (PQAB) meeting in Wellington to discuss the progress in strengthening the Pacific…
Referencing and Benchmarking: The first steps towards achieving recognition of Pacific Qualifications
Paving the way for education and employment opportunities for the Pacific people
For the next five years, the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) will be working with nine Pacific Island countries to strengthen the Pacific Qualifications Framework (PQF) to allow Pacific…
Pacific Qualifications Recognition project: Building regional capacity in education quality to support improved recognition of Pacific qualifications
To improve Pacific graduates’ access to further education and skilled employment across the region and abroad, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) have launched the Pacific Qualifications Recognition Project…
Endorsement of regional teacher qualification: Pacific’s response to critical teaching challenges
The three-day Endorsement of Regional Qualification meeting held in Nadi, Fiji, concluded with the successful approval of the Graduate Diploma in Teaching qualification in December 2023.
Training on Referencing of Qualifications Frameworks
Pacific Island countries need to be able to reference qualifications frameworks against each other in order to determine equivalences and possibly mutual recognition. Without clear, in-depth knowledge of the different national qualification…
Regional Training on Quality Audit
A regional training in Quality Audit will be conducted in response to requests for capacity building at the national level. Continued training in this area is important to ensure qualified auditors are available to carry out quality assurance work in…
Kiribati Institute of Technology accredited as a higher education and training provider
The Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT), one of the regions leading tertiary institutions, has been granted accreditation as a higher education and training institution by the Pacific Board for Educational Quality (PBEQ). This accreditation is an…