New guidelines aim to ensure quality of distance learning | Tanzania - University World News

Institutions offering open and distance learning in Tanzania are expected to adhere to a new set of rules mapped out in the latest edition of the Handbook for Standards and Guidelines for University Education in Tanzania, continues University World News.
 

New guidelines aim to ensure quality of distance learning

Aimed largely at ensuring the quality of open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) programmes, the guidelines were released this month by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU).
 
In its third edition of the handbook, the commission spells out specific measures, actions and general conditions to guide the growing ODeL segment of higher education.
The guidelines for open and distance education are part of a string of other requirements relating to higher education. Last week, University World News reported that in a bid to improve postgraduate education quality, the guidelines also stipulate that all postgraduate students pursuing either masters or doctoral degrees in Tanzanian universities are required to publish papers in reputable peer-reviewed journals before graduating...

In addition to rules about postgraduate study and ODeL, the new guidelines also introduce the position of ‘professor emeritus’ – a retired professor who will continue to be engaged by a university as an honour for distinguished contribution to academia.

“This would enable the retired professors who deserve to be considered for this position to continue contributing their accumulated knowledge, wisdom and experience to the advancement of the university and the nation at large,” the guidelines state.  
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Source: University World News