Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - EQuest Education Group (EQuest) and other memberunits of the K12 Division, as well as the Educational Technology and ESLDivision, have been accredited by NCA CASI, NWAC, and SACS CASI, accreditationdivisions of Cognia a year after implementing rigorous requirements from theCognia Accreditation Organisation (the US).

EQuest has become the first Vietnamese private educational institution toachieve Cognia accreditation. EQuest member units that have earned Cognia accreditationinclude Alpha School, Victory Experimental School, Newton Grammar School, HanoiPrimary School for Educational Technology (CGD Hanoi Primary School), The St.Nicholas School, Victory High School (formerly Đông Đô High School), iSMARTEducation (iTD Academy, iTO & 789), and IvyPrep Education.

Cognia is the world's largest accrediting organisation, with a 125 year historyand has accredited over 40,000 schools/institutions in 85 countries worldwide.

Cognia owns the US's three largest regional accreditation agencies (NCA CASI,NWAC, and SACS CASI).

The quality accreditation process by Cognia at each institution/educationalunit usually takes place over 1.5 to 2 years and is valid for five years.

EQuest is among the organisations that have achieved the fastest accreditationtime.Cognia's accreditation validates EQuest's and its member units' ability tomeet international standards in all three competencies (Leadership, Teaching& Learning, and Resource Management). It demonstrates a commitment toconstantly improving educational quality.

Mark Jonathan Sayer, the Executive Vice-Chairman of EQuest's K12 Division,said: "Achieving this comprehensive education accreditation is such animportant milestone for us. I believe that this achievement by EQuest will leadto more schools and universities in Vietnam participating in internationalaccreditation, raising standards and establishing the position of Vietnameseeducation on a par with other countries in the region and the wider world.

"EQuest has so much to offer, and I applaud the team and look forward toour progress to provide our students with outstanding educational opportunitiesand exciting possibilities in their lives ahead."

Truong Minh Chau, Head of the Accreditation Committee of EQuest, said thatCognia appreciated the outstanding strengths of EQuest, which include having ateam of leaders with high competence and vision, a culture of sharedleadership, an effective strategic plan with clear goals, strong and soundtechnical background, rich data from different sources, and a seriouscommitment toward continuous improvement.

Dr Dam Quang Minh, CEO of EQuest's K12 Division, said that in the near future,EQuest and Cognia will be ready to share their experience in participating inthe international education accreditation process with all educationalinstitutions and schools in Vietnam./.