Comparability
Standard Validation involves the academic assessment and evaluation of a whole
University's establishment regarding its suitability to award degrees in
accordance with the academic standard required by the Government's Accrediting
Agency such as the Nigerian Universities Commission(NUC) of the Ministry of
Education before awarding Degrees in accordance with Nigerian laws.
On
the international scene, such function is being performed by the University of
California FCA and several other professional bodies around the world of which
WES of Canada is the famous among them.
This
also includes the assessment and evaluation of the Certificate, Diploma and
Degrees awarded by any tertiary institution to a student applying for admission
into the University of another country.
The
Academic Assessment and Evaluation Experts would carry on their investigation
regarding the educational standard of the country, the University's facilities,
Curriculum and the student's academic performance to compare with the foreign country
educational standard and the Curriculum of the University the student wish to
study.
This
comparability assessment and evaluation exercise will result in determining the
academic equivalence of the student's current academic qualification before
gaining admission into the foreign University.
In most cases, based on the equivalent result,
the Bachelor Degree could either be downgraded to an Ordinary Diploma status in
line with the academic standard of the University the student is applying for
admission or may be exempted from part of the programme on gaining the
Admission before advancing to Master's Degree programme.
Accreditation
of Prior Learning And Experience Award
This
form of validation requires the assessment and evaluation of an Applicant who
had not received any form of formal education but very passionate to acquire
either Diploma or Degree but seems impossible due to poor academic background.
Take as an example, he or she is an expert in hotel management business without
any academic or professional qualification in that field. This type of
validation is known as "Accreditation of Prior Learning and Experience
Award" based on UNESCO's rules.
On
the other hand, it involves the evaluation and assessment of Individual's
informal training and professional skills already acquired outside the
Classroom studies and to be given the equivalent credit for direct admission
into the tertiary institution either to begin from Level 100 or become exempted
from part of Level 200 of the programme based on the evaluation and assessment
result without passing through the normal Admission Procedure.
Consequently,
like in France, there are two types of Graduates from tertiary Institutions.
One is known as "Validation Des acquis de I,experience (VAE) which stand
for "VALIDATION OF ACQUIRED EXPERIENCE". The other
is to follow-up the required Procedure prior to admission; while the VAE model
does not require University's Admission Procedure but any individual would be
awarded either Diploma or Degree based on assessment and evaluation Result.
Based
on this Development, the European-American University had been registered with
the French Government based on the VAE Model Award for the evaluation and assessment
of Prospective Applicant's Portfolio
either for Diploma or Degree Award dependent on the equivalent
qualification based on UNESCO rules as
applicable in the United States and other parts of the world.
She
awards Secular Degrees based on the VAE Model to her overseas graduates from France
as the country of origin based on the fact that she is Tax Exempted in France
recognized as one of the None Profit Organizations being a Religious University
unlike in the United States where Tax Exemption is only for Religious
Universities awarding Religious Degrees and not Secular Degrees.
As
a matter of fact, she is the subsidiary of Western Orthodox University being
her parent religious body. So she also maintains her religious status as None
Profit Organization to award secular Degrees without Taxation.
Consequently,
the University do establish her presence in other countries around the world
wherever she would be Tax Exempted to award Secular Degrees in line with their
Legislation in order to keep her fees affordable to the less privileged unlike
other Institutions operating in higher Tax Rate Regions.
