Higher Education Authority (HEA)

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is a statutory body established by the Higher Education Act No. 4 of 2013, with the mandate to regulate and monitor standards in HEIs in order to ensure quality services and contribute to the enhancement of human capital and accelerated national development. HEA began its operations in 2015. HEA’s functions are exhausted in the Higher Education Act’s Part II Section 6, and include: 1) To regulate HEIs and coordinate the development of higher education in order to promote quality higher education; 2) To facilitate collaboration of the Authority with organisations of similar functions in order to enhance capacity and share best practices; and 3) To recommend policy interventions and remedial measures in the higher education sector to the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) in order to provide information to facilitate informed decision making. In addition to the aforementioned functions, Statutory Instrument No. 25 of 2016 was issued to provide for the Accreditation of Learning Programmes.