Own the work of quality.
Internal quality systems help institutions review their own programmes, practices and outcomes.
Quality assurance
Building confidence in every institution.
CHE supports a higher education system that is credible, accountable and always moving toward better.
CHE / QUALITY ASSURANCEAssurance that improves.
Quality assurance in Lesotho is systemic, evidence-led and oriented toward continuous improvement.
The CHE approach
Quality starts inside the institution.
Higher education institutions are ultimately responsible for the quality of their offerings. CHE supports that responsibility through external quality assurance.
CHE develops and assesses standards that make quality visible and comparable. This creates a shared basis for accountability while giving institutions a clear path for improvement.
The aim is not assurance for its own sake. It is a higher education system that is transformative, responsive to the needs of the Basotho people and worthy of public confidence.
Read the official QA approachA systemic approach
Look at the whole learning experience.
Quality is shaped by what an institution has, how it works, what it produces and the difference it makes.
People, policies, resources and the conditions for learning.
Teaching, learning, governance and the practices that bring intent to life.
The knowledge, skills, achievements and results produced.
The longer-term impact for learners, society and the economy.
Institutional auditThe institution is the unit of analysis.
Audits consider how an institution’s internal quality systems work together, not just whether an individual programme meets a standard.
What quality assurance enables
Clear standards. Better decisions.
CHE’s quality assurance work connects standards, review and support across the higher education landscape.
Programme accreditation
Review programmes against agreed standards and recognise those that meet the required level of quality.
Institutional audits
Look at the institution as a whole, including the quality systems that support teaching, learning and governance.
Standards and guidance
Develop the standards, tools and practical guidance that help institutions understand what good looks like.
Continuous improvement
Use evidence, reflection and engagement to help institutions close the gap between where they are and where they aspire to be.
The public promise
From compliance to confidence.
Strong quality assurance gives learners, institutions, employers and partners a more reliable picture of higher education.
Accountability
Institutions serve learners, communities and the wider public.
Improvement
Assurance should strengthen practice, not only record compliance.
Responsiveness
Higher education should remain connected to the needs of Basotho people.
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