Commitment to Accreditation and Reaccreditation Processes
On October 7, 2021, at the facilities of the Tecnology University of Panama, the signing of two acts of commitment took place with the objective of accrediting and reaccrediting universities in Panama. The event was held within the framework and compliance with Law 52 of June 26, 2015, in order to improve the quality of higher university education in the country.
The initiative is a consequence of the efforts of the Ministry of Education (MEDUCATE), the National Council for University Evaluation and Accreditation of Panama (CONEAUPA) and the National Government, to direct the different universities to a team process: collaborating with actions, technical advice, training and accompaniment, which culminates in the improvement of education in the country.
“The university offers a light key for citizen progress in this wonderful country, which works to overcome social and economic inequalities. Behind the door of higher education in Panama, there is the landscape of opportunities as entrepreneurs, as well as in work settings. It corresponds to the Universities to be standard bearers of the formation of the human resource; innovation, research, acquisition and empowerment of new knowledge for entrepreneurship, so that science and technology go hand in hand with progress and general development. The accreditation and reaccreditation processes attest to compliance with the standards required in each factor that will be evaluated, such as: institutional project, academic project, the university community and infrastructure conditions, in which the importance of the commitment we acquire is condensed. with the incorporation to the process that we initiated and in which we believe”. Dr. José Alberto Nieto Rojas, Rector of UMECIT
The UMECIT University carried out the institutional accreditation process when it was unprecedented. With the signing of both acts, he reiterates his commitment to the UMECISTA educational community, to the country and to the world. The decision to be part of these commitments is aimed at its philosophy, vision and mission, which unite and centralize education as the fundamental pillar of development of a society.
