April 1, 2019

Zimche Website (zimche.ac.zw) Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education

Quality assurance is an ongoing process of each higher education institution and so there should always be structures at these institutions that guarantee that acceptable standards are adhered to. An institution should, therefore, have its own internal quality assurance system.

ZIMCHE WILL:

Provide criteria for accreditation of higher education institutions and programmes
Constitute peer review panels to attend to the accreditation applied for by an institution
Issue a certificate of accreditation if prescribed standards are achieved or deny the issurance of a certificate.

Overview

ZIMCHE was created through an act of parliament Chapter 25:27 which was promulgated in 2006. The act establishes ZIMCHE and the procedures for the registration and accreditation of institutions of higher education.

Mandate

The mandate of ZIMCHE is to promote and co-ordinate education provided by institutions of higher education and to act as a regulator in the determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examinations, academic qualifications and research in institutions of higher education.

Functions

Functions of ZIMCHE without prejudice to the generality of section 5, are

(a) to advise the Minister on all higher education matters; and

(b) to develop and recommend policy on higher education including the establishment of public institutions and advise the Minister accordingly; and

(d) to design and recommend an institutional quality assurance system for higher education, that is, a system whereby the courses, programmes and degrees offered by institutions are evaluated on a regular and objective basis, and to recommend to the Minister institutional quality assurance standards for:

Higher Education Institutions

Zimbabwe has 20 Higher Education Institutions registered with the Zimbabwe Council Council for Higher Education. There are 14 State Universities and 6 Private Universities.