ABSTRACT Bangladesh’s approach to devising a Quality Assurance Framework in higher education has eventuated in less than a decade. The framework provides criteria within which universities must operate and encompasses internal self-assessment review and monitoring besides external quality assurance, with the intrinsic goal of operationalising national protocols for a qualification framework. Based on the author’s reflection regarding a programme self-assessment exercise as part of internal quality assurance procedure, this paper aims to present an overview of Bangladesh’s higher education through contextualisation of the quality assurance initiatives. By analysing the scopes and limitations in the enhancement of quality, this article also proposes how a robust internal quality assurance framework is indispensable to hasten the process of programme accreditation. The article concludes with some recommendations for future revision of Bangladesh’s quality assurance system.

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孟加拉国高等教育质量保证框架：转型之路

摘要孟加拉国在不到十年的时间内制定了高等教育质量保证框架。该框架提供了大学必须运行的标准，除外部质量保证外，还包括内部自我评估的审查和监控，其内在目标是实施资格框架国家协议。基于作者对计划自我评估作为内部质量保证程序一部分的思考，本文旨在通过对质量保证举措进行背景介绍来概述孟加拉国的高等教育。通过分析提高质量的范围和局限性，本文还提出了一个健壮的内部质量保证框架对于加快计划认证的过程是必不可少的。本文最后提出了一些建议，以供将来修订孟加拉国的质量保证体系之用。