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BOU-UNISA collaborate on quality assurance

BOU director, Office of Quality Assurance, Dr Phineas Sebopelo
BOU director, Office of Quality Assurance, Dr Phineas Sebopelo

The Botswana Open University (BOU) in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) will host a three-day discussion forum from Monday to Wednesday this week at the Cresta Lodge in Gaborone.

The discussion forum is themed ‘Strengthening Cross-Border Quality Assurance Collaboration in Higher Education: A BOU-UNISA Perspective’.

This initiative is facilitated by the Office of Quality Assurance (OQA), a unit of BOU responsible for quality assurance-related matters, and the Department of Quality Assurance and Enhancement which is also responsible for institutional quality assurance and enhancement within UNISA.

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