the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Quality Assurance Agency of the United Kingdom and the Hi…
(No. B/667) Mr S. Jugurnauth (Second Member for Savanne & Black River) asked the Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research whether, in regard to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Quality Assurance Agency of the United Kingdom and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Mauritius, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the HEC, information as to the date of signature thereof and the list of academic programmes/courses from British universities which have been approved subsequent thereto.
Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform the House that the MoU between QA UK and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) was signed on 19 May 2025.
36 I am informed by the HEC that following the signing of the MoU and further to applications received from four accreditation of programmes involving UK awarding bodies, the Commission has been engaging in discussions with QA UK on two fronts – (i) HEC is sharing information regarding UK universities that are already established while simultaneously holding discussions with institutions concerning the future programme offering, with a view to streamlining the accreditation process under the MoU. Since the signature of the MoU between HEC and QA UK, the HEC has processed accreditation applications for programmes awarded by UK universities, including Swansea University, Kingston University and Middlesex University. (ii) The HEC is responding to expressions of interest already received from the new UK universities willing to offer their programmes in Mauritius, including King’s College London, University College London, London South Bank University, which seek to deliver their programmes in Mauritius. The HEC will proceed with the accreditation of these programmes under the MoU framework following receipt of review reports from QA UK.
Yes, do you have a supplementary?
Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, can the Minister inform the House as to how many accreditation criteria are being used by the Higher Education Commission to accredit the programme?
Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, we are using 14 criteria to accredit programmes. Following the announcement in the Budget to review the HEC Act, we are going to further streamline the procedure.
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