Ministry of Advanced Education
Education Quality Assurance - EQA
The development of an Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designation was a 2008 Throne Speech commitment.
The EQA is British Columbia’s brand for quality post-secondary education. It provides a standard trademark that people can recognize worldwide as an assurance of quality for British Columbia post-secondary institutions. EQA is a voluntary mechanism available to all public and private post-secondary institutions in the province that meet the quality assurance standards required for EQA eligibility.
The EQA designation will be used to promote British Columbia as an education destination of choice and will enable both domestic and international students to easily recognize institutions that have met quality assurance standards that government recognizes. BC Council for International Education, an independent international education society, administers the EQA program on behalf of government and promotes and markets EQA designated institutions at international education fairs, trade missions, etc.
A copy of the Ministry’s EQA Policy & Procedures Manual, which sets out the policy framework for EQA designation is posted here [PDF].
Further information on EQA and the work of BCCIE can be found at: http://www.bceqa.ca
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