RAWALPINDI March 04: National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) has been accorded Associate membership of the Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (AQAAIW) which will help it contribute in enhancing quality of higher education in the comity of the Muslim countries.
This membership will enable NUMS to promote/enhance quality of higher education by participating and making contributions of higher education in the comity of the Islamic World through Islamic – QA forum, said a statement of the university here Thursday.
In his brief remarks on this achievement of NUMS the Vice Chancellor Lt Gen Syed Muhammad Imran Majeed HI (M) (Retd), said the decision of Islamic- QA “was an acknowledgement of efforts by NUMS’ faculty in ensuring quality of higher education which could not have been possible without its unwavering commitment to teaching and research.”
Islamic- QA was established on May 4, 2011 to promote and enhance quality higher education in the countries of the Islamic world.
The full membership has been accorded to 16 educational institutions while there are 21 Associate members. Currently the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is a full member of QA Islamic World along with 15 Pakistani universities as associate members.
AQAAI has three basic objectives of enhancing the capacity of quality assurance agencies of education in the Islamic world and to promote cooperation and exchange of best practices and expertise between them. It also encourages cooperation with regional as well as with international organizations.
