Abbreviation | NCAAA |
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Predecessor | National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment |
Formation | 2004 |
Founder | Higher Education Council (now the Council of Universities' Affairs) |
Type | GO |
Purpose | academic accreditation |
Headquarters | Riyadh |
Location | |
Region served | Saudi Arabia |
Services | accreditation and quality assurance |
Parent organization | Education and Training Evaluation Commission |
Website | etec.gov.sa/en/ncaaa |
The National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (formerly Assessment; NCAAA) is an organ of Saudi Arabia's Education and Training Evaluation Commission that oversees the country's post-secondary school educational accreditation facility. It is an autonomous body but directly responsible to the Council of Universities' Affairs 9formerly the Higher Education Council).
History
The NCAAA was established in 2004. The NCAAA board of directors is drawn from government, institutions, and industry professionals.
Services
The NCAAA provides services for individuals, government entities, and private entities. The services include programmatic accreditation, i.e., a recognition by the NCAAA that an academic program has met the organization's quality assurance and academic accreditation standards. The assessment covers a range of academic programs, including those covering health sciences.
- Accreditation and quality assurance criteria
- Mission and Objectives
- Governance and Administration
- Management of Quality Assurance and Improvement
- Learning and Teaching
- Student Administration and Support Services
- Learning Resources
- Facilities and Equipment
- Financial Planning and Management
- Faculty and Staff Employment Processes
- Research
- Institutional Relationships with Community
References
- ^ "National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (NCAAA)". Saudipedia. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- "Education and Training Evaluation Commission/ National Centre for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (ETEC/NCAAA)". INQAAHE. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- "NCAAA in Brief". NCAAA conferences. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- "National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment". Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- Al-Shareef, Ali S; AlQurashi, Mansour A; Al Jabarti, Azza; Alnajjar, Hend; Alanazi, Ahmad A; Almoamary, Mohamed; Shirah, Bader; Alqarni, Khalid (August 2023). "Perception of the Accreditation of the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment at Different Health Colleges in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". Cureus. 15 (8): e43871. doi:10.7759/cureus.43871. PMC 10511272. PMID 37736446.