The National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. It is responsible for external quality assurance of the educational system. Some key goals of the NCEQE include promoting quality assurance mechanisms, authorizing and accrediting educational institutions, developing educational programs, and integrating Georgian education into international systems to improve recognition abroad. The NCEQE works to enhance transparency and ensure the compatibility of qualifications with the labor market.
Partner Presentation: National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement
1. National Center for Educational
Quality Enhancement
Quality Assurance Agency and Quality
Assurance procedures in Georgia
George Tskhvediani
Levan Madatovi
2. About
NCEQE
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
3. System Development - 2006 - 2014
Before Now
• 278 higher educational
institutions (mostly private)
• uncomparable programms
• problems with the recognition
of education abroad
• no or weak internal quality
assurance in HEIs
• no standarts / benchmarks for
accreditation o educational
programms
• all HEIs authorized
concerning their mission, with
a regard to national objectives
of higher education
• 75 HEIs
• three cycle education, NQF,
ECTS, Diploma supplement
and othr Bologna tools
implemented
• standarts for authorization
and accreditation
• requirement for external and
internal QA
4. 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
5. Goals
Promotion 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
6. Goals
Creation 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
7. Goals
Promotion 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
8. Goals
Promotion 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
9. Goals
Ensuring 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
10. Goals
Assessment 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
