On 11 August 2008, the PAASCU launched the Internship and Cross-Regional Staff Exchange Program which is funded through World Bank and UNESCO. Earlier this year, the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN), where PAASCU is a founding member, received a grant from World Bank and UNESCO in the form of the Global Initiative in Quality Assurance Capacity (GIQAC).
Staff members of accrediting agencies from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia and Vietnam have been invited to participate in the 2-week internship program which will run until February 2009.
The first two interns who participated in the program came from the Accreditation Committee of Cambodia, followed by a representative from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and an accreditation expert from the General Department of Education Testing and Accreditation.
The program consists of hands-on activities in the PAASCU Secretariat, meetings with the host agency and visits to institutions in various stages of the accreditation process. The interns also joined actual accreditation visits to the University of the Immaculate Conception in Davao City, St. Paul University in Manila and La Salle University-Ozamiz. These interns were trained as PAASCU accreditors last November 2007 at the College of St. Benilde in Manila.
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