NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN ANGOLA: PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR ACHIEVING SDG 4

Abstract

In recent years there has been a significant increase in HEIs and courses, and quality assurance is only possible using good assessment and accreditation practices, through the implementation of universally disseminated instruments. In Angola, the evaluation culture is still sparse with isolated and mainly incipient initiatives. This communication aims to analyze the National Higher Education Quality Assurance System (SNGQES) in Angola as an instrument for achieving SDG 4, on the Quality of Education. In this sense, the communication seeks to answer the following question: how can the SNGQES guarantee the achievement of the quality foreseen in SDG4? As for the methodology applied, this research has a qualitative approach, developed through exploratory bibliographical research. The results show that the conditions have been created for the implementation of the different existing legal instruments, which constitute the assumptions of the National Higher Education Quality Assurance System, namely legislation, such as the Legal Regime for the Assessment and Accreditation of the Quality of Institutions of Higher Education, and the technical-operational instruments, namely the Self-Assessment Guide for Higher Education Institutions and the External Assessment Manuals for Higher Education Institutions and courses and/or programs. The study concludes that, through the evaluation of courses and/or programs at HEIs and higher education as a whole, carried out by INAAREES, as a prerequisite for the implementation of the SNGQES, it is possible to root the culture of quality and achieve the SDG 4.