National Center for Educational Quality EnhancementQuality Assurance Agency and Quality Assurance procedures in Georgia

George Tskhvediani

Levan Madatovi

AboutNCEQE National Center for Educational Quality

Enhancement

Established in 2006 by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

State founded, but independent agency, responsible to carry out th activities concerning external quality assurance of the educational system of Georgia

System Development - 2006 - 2014Before Now

278 higher educational institutions (mostly private)uncomparable programmsproblems with the recognition of education abroadno or weak internal quality assurance in HEIsno standarts / benchmarks for accreditation o educational programms

all HEIs authorized concerning their mission, with a regard to national objectives of higher education75 HEIsthree cycle education, NQF, ECTS, Diploma supplement and othr Bologna tools implementedstandarts for authorization and accreditationrequirement for external and internal QA

Mission

Together with each and every member of the society and educational institutions the NCEQE is concerned with the quality of education, its continuous improvement and raising confidence of local and international community in Georgian education area

GoalsPromotion of the formation of internal mechanisms of educational quality assurance, implementation of external mechanisms and their further improvement in cooperation with educational institutions and other stakeholders

•Authorization• Accreditation•Support in Programm/Qualification Development• Trainings / Seminars• Consultations• Publications• Modernizing the legislation

GoalsCreation of the integrated database of educational programmes of educational institutions, of the personnel implementing these programmes and persons enrolled for the programmes concerned

•Register of Educational Institutions•Register of Educational Programmes•Register of Academic Staff•Transparence and availability of information

GoalsPromotion of free movement of school, vocational and university students and academic personnel with a view to ensure their participation in learning, teaching and research activities

•Mobility System•Transfer of Credits•Recognition of Learning

GoalsPromotion of the integration of Georgian educational institutions into international educational space and improvement of confidence in them

•International Cooperation•International experts•Internationalization of program as accreditation criteria•TEMPUS /MATHGeAr

GoalsEnsuring the reliability of credentials and interconnection between awarded qualifications and labor market

•Bologna Process•National Qualifications Framework•Committees•Sectoral documents •Labor market orientation of program as accreditation criteria

GoalsAssessment of the importance of learning outcomes of acquired education and their compatibility with qualifications, recognized by the state

•LO-Based accreditation criteria•Involvement of Stakeholders in LO Development•Benchmark Documents•NQF

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