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Uganda National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) - english information

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The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is a statutory agency, a supervisor for quality and relevant higher education established under the "Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001" to regulate higher education and to guide the country in the establishment of institutions of higher learning as well as ensure that quality and relevant education is delivered. Its objectives are the regulation and the guidance of the establishment and management of institutions of higher learning, and the regulation of the quality of higher education, the equation of higher education qualifications and to advise government on higher education issues. Those tasks are undertaken to provide relevant, broad based, technology driven, dynamic, sustainable and quality higher education accessible to all qualified Ugandans; furthermore to set standards and regulations to ensure that all public and private tertiary education institutions in Uganda will create, sustain and improve the relevance and quality of higher education and to meet the local, national and global higher education challenges of the twentyfirst century.

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