National Authority for Quality Assurance ( ANAQ )

Presentation

It was created by Decree 2012-837 of August 7, 2012 as the second member after the Directorate General of Higher Education ( DGES ) in the wake of governance reforms in the higher education sub-sector in Senegal. The ANAQ -Sup is an autonomous institution , legal person of public law. Its organs are : the Governing Council , the Scientific Council and the Executive Secretariat . The National Insurance Authority for Higher Education Quality ( ANAQ -Sup ) is a state agency under the administrative and technical supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research ( MoR ) , responsible for monitoring , ensuring and improving the quality of programs and institutions of higher education.

Missions

The ANAQ-Sup's mission: - To develop, in connection with the Ministry of Higher Education and higher education institutions, the quality standards to be met by higher education institutions and their branches; - Develop and implement a quality assurance mechanism compatible with the objectives and requirements of higher education; - Establish formal procedures and identifying criteria for assessing the quality of higher education institutions; - To give technical advice to the Minister of Higher Education on accreditation of higher education institutions; - Periodically evaluate the lessons, tools and teaching methods in the institutions and sectors; - To assist and support institutions in the development and implementation of their internal procedures for quality assurance and self-assessment. These powers are extended to all public and private institutions of higher education in Senegal under the tutelage of M.E.S.R and their programs and courses.