stdClass Object ( [nid] => 228087 [vid] => 229060 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1249225326 [changed] => 1249700553 [comment] => 0 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1249700553 [title] => Re: Help the board and staff committee to accredit school to national or international universities and colleges of higher educa [body] => Dear All, I went to a contact of mine to have some help on this question of Accreditation. He is the Dean. This is his reply below: Jennie, I am unaware of any such accrediting bodies that are recognized globally. You may wish to approach the national governmental officials for their guidance. If I can be of guidance to a start up school, please be in touch. Regards, jennie@getsmartmoodle.org wrote: > Hello: > > I have been keeping busy lately and most recently with volunteering on a site called Nabuur.com . I have a question that you may be able to assist with, I think. One of the Villages that I am volunteering with wishes to of course start a school : High School and University. I wanted to see if you were aware of International governing bodies that will Accredit schools and or the curriculum of the above nature in a place called Buterere, Burundi, Africa ... > > Thank you for your time and for letting me in, > > Jennie ==================================== I did however, find this link to an online High School that has achieved its Accreditation in the USA. http://www.govhs.org/vhsweb/Press.nsf/By+Date/C84457536A5C61E28625744400546F63?OpenDocument - Link to a press release about Virtual High School - http://www.govhs.org More information below .. The recipient of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2005, 2007 and 2008 awards for Excellence in Programming and Excellence in Best Practices and the Stockholm Challenge 2001 Award for exemplary use of technology in education, http://www.govhs.org/vhsweb/Press.nsf/By+Date/A6BDB21E0B733F8506256BBB004BBBF8?OpenDocument The Stockholm Challenge - http://www.stockholmchallenge.se The Concord Consortium - http://www.concord.org VHS was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.govhs.org or call (978) 897-1900. Press Contact: Carol Arnold, Arnold Communications, carol@arnoldcomm.com, (877) 718-4604 x2 To learn more about MSCSS, follow this link to the organization's website: http://www.css-msa.org (( Jean-Claude and Anna: the above information should be a starting point for investigation purposes )) Council of International Schools: http://www.cois.org/page.cfm?p=594 International Accreditation Org. - http://www.internationalaccreditation.org IAAOU - http://www.iaaou.org -- Jennie [teaser] => Dear All, I went to a contact of mine to have some help on this question of Accreditation. He is the Dean. This is his reply below: Jennie, I am unaware of any such accrediting bodies that are recognized globally. You may wish to approach the national governmental officials for their guidance. If I can be of guidance to a start up school, please be in touch. Regards, jennie@getsmartmoodle.org wrote: > Hello: > [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 30241 [name] => Virginia Louise Lawrence [picture] => [data] => a:11:{s:2:"op";s:18:"Create new account";s:6:"submit";s:18:"Create new account";s:7:"form_id";s:13:"user_register";s:16:"captcha_solution";b:1;s:13:"captcha_token";s:32:"df4c2f62b78491bff7baa5e4ded61189";s:14:"validationdata";a:4:{s:7:"form_id";s:13:"user_register";s:10:"preprocess";b:1;s:6:"module";s:9:"recaptcha";s:4:"type";s:9:"reCAPTCHA";}s:7:"contact";i:1;s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:0;s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"1";s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";} [path] => village/buterere/project/task/discussion/re-help-board-and-staff-committee-accredit-school-national- [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82820 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82820] => Buterere ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( [1208] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 1208 [vid] => 7 [name] => internet link [description] => resource of the 'internet link' type [weight] => 0 [language] => en [trid] => 0 ) [59] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 59 [vid] => 7 [name] => resource [description] => content that is a resource [weight] => 0 [language] => en [trid] => 0 ) [1210] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 1210 [vid] => 7 [name] => result [description] => content that describes a result [weight] => 0 [language] => en [trid] => 0 ) ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 228087 [pid] => 0 [hostname] => 127.0.0.1 [thread] => 01/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 220993 [depth] => 0 )

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