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Delegation from the University of Novi Sad and the Provincial Secretariat for higher education and scientific research of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina visited on the 10^th June 2019 the Higher Education Accreditation Agency of Republic of Srpska and presented a donation of five laptops to support the Agency's work.

The delegation visiting the Agency included professor Zoran Milosevic PhD, Provincial Secretary, professor Dejan Jaksic PhD, Rector of the University of Novi Sad and vice Rector for Teaching at the University of Novi Sad professor Sanja Podunavac-Kuzmanovic, PhD.

The informal meeting held at the Agency after the awarding ceremony highlighted the importance of the Agency's role in the quality assurance of higher education and quality improvement processes, as well as the support provided to the Agency by the Provincial Secretariat for higher education and scientific research Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the University of Novi Sad.

The Panel for assessment, revision and provision of recommendation on accreditation of higher education institution and study programs has visited Banja Luka College from 22^nd to 23^rd April 2019. Members of the Panel talked to representatives of the management of Banja Luka College, representatives of College departments, representatives of the quality and self-evaluation team, teaching staff and students of candidated study programs, the international cooperation team, representatives of the alumni association, and representatives of the labour market and visited the physical resources of the higher education institution.

Upon the completion of the visit, the Panel presented preliminary findings to the management of the institution and made recommendations for improvements. All details shall be in the final report on the external evaluation of the higher education institution and study programs.

The visit of the independent Panel for assessment, revision and provision of recommendation on accreditation of higher education institution and study programs, lasted for three days, from 28^th -30^th April 2019 and during that period, as part of the external evaluation procedure, the Panel has had an opportunity to evaluate the quality of this higher education institution and the candidated study programs on site.

All the findings of the Panel, the strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for improvement will be in the final eternal evaluation report, which will also include the Panel's recommendation on the outcome of the accreditation process.

The director of the Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance continues to obstruct the entry of the Srpska universities into the BiH Register. All of this is a result of disordered relations at the BiH level, since there is no willingness in the Council of Ministers, which is in its technical mandate, to solve the problem, says Minister Srdjan Rajcevic.

More about current developments in the process of accreditation of higher education institutions in Republic of Srpska can be learned here.

Source: Alternativna TV