Program Type: In-Country Program /
BACKGROUND
Quality assurance has become one of the most important drivers of excellence, competitiveness, innovation, and international recognition in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). As economies transition toward Industry 5.0, digital transformation, green development, artificial intelligence, and lifelong learning, TVET institutions are expected to produce graduates equipped with future-ready competencies while demonstrating high standards of governance, teaching excellence, industry engagement, sustainability, and institutional performance.
Recognizing these global developments, the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC), the accreditation arm of the Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC), introduced the APACC Accreditation Framework 2025, representing a significant evolution from conventional compliance-based accreditation toward a comprehensive institutional transformation framework. The revised framework emphasizes continuous quality improvement, evidence-based decision-making, digital quality assurance, sustainability, technopreneurship, industry collaboration, learner success and institutional innovation while integrating measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across all accreditation criteria. These priorities also reflect CPSC and APCC’s ongoing drive to transform TVET from an Industry 4.0 paradigm toward a human-centred, sustainable, inclusive and innovation-driven Industry 5.0 model.
Institutional accreditation today is no longer merely an external evaluation exercise. It has become a strategic management tool that enables TVET institutions to strengthen governance, improve organizational performance, benchmark against international standards, and establish a sustainable culture of excellence. Institutions accredited under APACC demonstrate higher institutional credibility, stronger stakeholder confidence, improved graduate employability, greater industry partnerships, and enhanced opportunities for regional and international collaboration.
The proposed five-day In-Country Program on “APACC Institutional Accreditation and Certification in TVET: Implementing the APACC Accreditation Framework 2025” is designed to build the institutional capacity of TVET leaders, quality assurance managers, administrators, and faculty members in understanding, implementing, and institutionalizing the APACC Accreditation Framework. Rather than focusing solely on accreditation procedures, the program adopts a transformation-oriented approach that enables institutions to identify performance gaps, strengthen quality systems, develop evidence-based improvement plans, and prepare effectively for APACC accreditation.
Through an integrated combination of keynote lectures, theme papers, practical workshops, institutional self-assessment exercises, peer learning, simulation activities, and action planning sessions, participants will gain both conceptual understanding and practical experience in applying APACC quality standards within their own institutions.
ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE PROGRAM
The program is expected to contribute to the following institutional impacts in Bhutan:
- Enhanced institutional readiness of Bhutanese TVET institutions for APACC accreditation under the APACC Accreditation Framework 2025.
- Strengthened institutional quality assurance systems aligned with international TVET standards.
- Improved governance, strategic planning, and evidence-based institutional management.
- Enhanced capability to implement KPI-based quality monitoring and continuous improvement mechanisms.
- Increased integration of digital transformation, sustainability, technopreneurship, and Industry 5.0 practices into institutional management.
- Stronger partnerships with industry, employers, communities, and international organizations.
- Development of institutional quality cultures that support innovation, accountability, transparency, and organizational excellence.
- Greater international recognition and competitiveness of participating TVET institutions.
OBJECTIVES
The training program is designed to:
- Develop Bhutanese participants' understanding of the APACC Accreditation Framework 2025 and its role in strengthening institutional quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Strengthen institutional capacities in implementing APACC quality standards, performance indicators, and evidence-based quality management systems.
- Enhance participants' competencies in conducting institutional self-assessment, gap analysis, evidence mapping, and accreditation preparation.
- Promote strategic leadership and organizational transformation through quality assurance, digitalization, sustainability, innovation, and stakeholder engagement.
- Equip participants with practical tools for preparing institutional accreditation action plans aligned with APACC quality benchmarks.
- Foster a culture of continuous quality improvement and institutional excellence across participating TVET institutions.
