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Chapter 4 Governance and Administration
Criterion Statement: The institution’s system of governance ensures ethical decision-making and efficient provision of human, physical and financial resources to effectively accomplish its educational and other purposes.
Chapter 4 presents an evaluation of the Open Campus’s adherence to and compliance with the following four standards that relate to Criterion 2 and Protocol 2 of the Code of Practice for the Assurance of Educational Quality and Standards in Distance Education (BAC, 2012).
Standard 2.1
Standard 2.2
Standard 2.3
Standard 2.4
The institution’s governance and administrative structures and practices promote effective and ethical leadership that is congruent with the mission and objective of the institution
The institution’s resource base supports the institution’s educational programmes and its plans for sustaining and improving quality
The institution has sound financial policies and capacity to sustain and ensure the integrity and continuity of the programme offered at the institution
The institution’s system of governance provides for
learners’ input in decision-making in matters directly
and indirectly affecting them
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