Pacific-Community-SPC Education team is encouraging Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to have their programmes accredited on the Fiji Qualifications Framework. Speaking at a training workshop sponsored by SPC Mr Rajendra Prasad (Quality Leader – SPC’s Educational Quality and Assessment Programme.) pointed out that HEIs have to serve the needs of the industry.
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DAY 1- Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) Training for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Central Division.
The training is sponsored and facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community through its Educational Quality and Assessment Programme and in cooperation with the Fiji Higher Education Commission.
The training is conducted by the Australia Pacific Training Coalition.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Central Division are going through a three-day training on Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) starting Tuesday 24 May 2022.
The training is sponsored and facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community through its Educational Quality and Assessment Programme in cooperation with the Fiji Higher Education Commission. The training is held and run by the Australia Pacific Training Coalition.
The training will enable participants to gain knowledge and understanding on:
The Fiji Higher Education Commission wishes to extend its appreciation to all stakeholder representatives who were part of the workshop on ‘Situational and Functional Analysis that was held at the Suva Peninsula Hotel last Friday ( 20/05/22).
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The Fiji Higher Education Commission is working to enhance the qualifications of higher education institutions.
FHEC Director, Doctor Rohit Kishore says with global factors like COVID-19 and climate change, the socio-economic circumstances have changed as well as the needs of the labour market.
He adds that from the higher education sector’s point of view, on the one hand, there is an oversupply of knowledge and skills, and on the other hand, there is a shortage of skills.
To help fix the imbalance, the FHEC Director highlighted that a workshop with stakeholders is the way forward as they work to create a toolkit to help develop and review National Qualifications.
“We have about 70 stakeholders from different sectors coming here, and we are reaching out to these people who are on the ground in the job market and working in the industry to tell us the kind of skills and knowledge that they need. We want to get it right. It’s not that we want to sit in the office and develop something; we are making an outreach to these people, the stakeholders.”
Dr Kishore says, together with consultants from Australia, the information from the workshop will be collated and developed into a toolkit.
“The standard-the toolkit as we say, will tell us how the new qualification should be developed and what the new qualification should have in terms of learning objectives and outcomes so that the skills that are required, the new, current and future skills that are required in the industry, we’ll fulfil.”
Dr Kishore confirms this will also increase the employability of young new graduates.
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Key stakeholders relevant to the labour market in Fiji met in a one-day workshop organised by the Fiji Higher Education Commission at the Suva Peninsula Hotel yesterday. The deliberations were around understanding the industry demands in terms of skills set. The main aim of the workshop is to produce a generic toolkit to be used by policymakers to ensure a clear relationship and connection between the industry and higher education institutions.
You have to realise your ‘being.” Understanding your ‘being’ helps you realise your purpose in life and the directions to take.” “Teaching is only effective if learning takes place”. “Start learning rather than being taught”. “The Culture of Reading in schools is highly challenged today with books turning electronic and the attitude of students in lacking the interest to read.”
These are part of the key messages given to teachers and students of MGM High School on Friday, 13/05/22 by Dr Rohit Kishore Director of the Fiji Higher Education Commission. Dr Kishore was Chief Guest at the school’s Prefect’s Investiture Ceremony and Girmit Day Celebration.
The National Certificate in Aged Care and Community Care (Level 3) is currently under review. The first meeting of the Industry Standards Advisory Committee (ISAC) for the review was held last week at the Fiji Higher Education Commission. Interested stakeholders can contact the Higher Education Commission Secretariat for further information.