Draft professional standard for education quality assurance specialists published
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The Ministry of Education and Science has published a draft professional standard for education quality assurance specialists. The document is intended for staff who handle internal quality control in higher education institutions, secondary specialized and vocational schools, and organizations that retrain and upgrade personnel.
The draft defines three positions: lead specialist and chief specialist in education quality assurance (qualification level 6), and head of the quality department (level 7). A lead specialist needs at least one year of practical experience working with data or documents in education. A bachelor's degree is the basic education requirement for all positions.
What will these specialists do?
- collect and verify data for education quality monitoring;
- prepare internal assessments and quality audits;
- study the views of students, graduates, teachers and employers;
- prepare documents for accreditation;
- at department-head level, develop quality policy and an annual monitoring plan.
The standard will be used when hiring, assessing qualifications, writing job descriptions and designing training programs. According to the draft, the status of an internal assessment is not treated as an accreditation rating.
The head of each education organization is fully responsible for organizing internal assessment effectively and for the reliability of the data in its reports.
The accreditation authority is the National Agency for Ensuring Education Quality under the Presidential Administration. For medical and pharmaceutical personnel, the Ministry of Health remains the competent body.
The draft aims to set clear requirements for staff working on education quality. If the standard is approved in its final form, it will affect how universities and colleges select and train these employees.
Source: Ta'lim va ilm-fan vazirligi
