Great news for higher education quality assurance!
Today, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Higher Education Quality Assurance.
Why is it great?The law regulates bringing the quality assurance system of higher education into compliance with the requirements of the Standards and recommendations on quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015) and improving the quality assurance mechanism of higher education in Ukraine. Therefore, education in Ukraine will be in accordance with the most modern world educational standards.
What is important in the context of the activities of NAQA? The law improves separate procedures for ensuring the quality of higher education and the activities of NAQA, in particular:
– creation of the Appeals Chamber;
– implementation of post-accreditation monitoring;
– the system of institutional accreditation has been improved;
– specification of NAQA status;
– improving the selection of its members.
Adoption of the Law will contribute to the approach of Ukraine to EU membership, and this is a tangible step towards the approach of our Victory!