Universities will now be required to seek accreditation for all their blended and online programmes from the Commission for University Education (CUE) before offering them to students.

The comission’s chair, Prof Chacha Nyaigotti, said there is need to ensure that universities are offering quality education as most of them shifted to virtual learning following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nyagotti also said that the commission has developed protocols for implementation of the Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODel) in universities which requires universities to have their programmes inspected, approved and accredited.

“Reviewing of university guidelines is ongoing, and our aim is to ensure that the quality of teaching is high and the mode of learning is appropriate. The commission wants to ensure that our education standards do not drop as a result of the shift to e-learning,” said Prof Nyaigotti.

SOURCE : Daily nation