Abstract
The current paper examines the wisdom of quality assurance move in Oman’s higher education system when many of the conditions necessary for its success are not present. There is growing interest in the quality of higher education in Oman; now that the structure of the system of Higher Education has been established with more than fifty institutions offering programmes to approximately forty thousand students, the Sultanate is turning its attention to the quality of the system in the context of the challenges of a globalised world with its rapidly accelerating knowledge economy based on information technologies. Considering the higher education endeavours in Oman, there is no evidence of a uniform mode of quality assurance and accreditation for all the programmes being offered throughout the country. The current paper attempts to critically evaluate the Quality Assurance implications of the Quality Plan designed by Oman Higher Education authorities with particular......
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