Guideline No: 2024/G-42 (First Amendment to the Guideline No: 2022/G-39, Guidelines for Programme Accreditation)

` Volume: 53 Issue: 218 Date: 29 Jumada al-Oola 1446 – 1 December 2024 Sunday Guideline No: 2024/G-42 FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUIDELINE NO: 2022/G-39 (GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION) • For publication of regulations and The President’s Office guidelines in the Gazette, send to Boduthakurufaanu Magu legalaffairs@po.gov.mv. Male, Maldives’ Phone: 3336211 Mobile: 7242885 Website: www.gazette.gov.mv Volume: 53 Issue No: 218 Guideline No: 2024/G-42 Government Gazette c MALDIVES QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY Ministry of Higher Education, Labour Skills Development Male’. Republic of Maldives FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION The Guidelines for Programme Accreditation (Guideline No: 2022/G-39) shall be amended as follows: 1. Amend Section 3.1 of Chapter 2, Part A of the aforementioned Guideline as follows: 3.1 Assessment and evaluation processes • Information should be provided in a summative manner about the assessment methods used for the modules and units as outlined in section 6.10.10. • The required standards for assessment must be clearly specified in relation to each module/unit of the programme. Assessments must also be appropriate for the delivery modality of the programme. • In general, students must be required to produce at least one piece of individual work (written or otherwise) from which the unaided capability of a student could be assessed. All modules of programmes from Level 1 to Level 9 qualifications (excluding Master’s by research) must include assessment equivalent to at least 50% (fifty percent) of aggregate marks in assessment conditions – mainly exams – which are supervised, timed, and controlled, regardless of the delivery modality. • Fifty percent (50%) of a module's aggregate assessment must constitute controlled (unaided) assessments. In addition, all students are required to 3 Volume: 53 Issue No: 218 Guideline No: 2024/G-42 Government Gazette achieve a pass in each controlled assessment that would be counted to constitute 50% of the aggregated assessment of a module. • Exams should be conducted in a way that does not compromise the integrity of the process. • This assessment can include unseen written examinations, written open-book/open-notes examinations, structured multiple-choice questions, oral presentations in class, oral examinations, scheduled meetings with supervisors, demonstrations, laboratory work, in-class quizzes, etc. • Duration for open book examinations must be carried out in a reasonable timeframe. • Information must also be given about home-written assignment tasks and weightage. In general, to reduce incidences of third-party assistance or involvement in preparing assignments, no module should require all home- written assignments. 2. This Guideline shall commence from the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. __________________ 4