QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN VET
LUGANO MEETING
25.02.2014
The Accreditation Process in Vocational Education and Training
The tasks of the VET provider and the tasks of the body recognised to accredit
VET organisations or VET programmes are described step by step.
• As one of its first tasks, the accreditation body has to elaborate the criteria
and standards which have to be met by the VET provider to achieve positive
external assessment.
• After the VET provider has submitted an application for accreditation to the
relevant body, an external evaluation follows.
• If the result of the evaluation is negative, accreditation will be denied and
the VET provider will have to prepare and apply again after having improved
The Accreditation Process in Vocational Education and Training
• The decision of the evaluating body will normally include advice and
recommendations on necessary changes
• Following a positive evaluation and proposal for accreditation, the VET
provider will be awarded its accreditation and the organisation or the VET
programme in question will receive a quality certificate. This certificate can be
used for marketing activities of the VET provider to potential customers.
• A quality certificate is never issued for an unlimited period of time.
• TURKAK, started to provide accrediation services in 2001 and became a
signatory of MLA with EA for all the available accreditation schemes at 2008.
Currently TURKAK is a full member of EA, IAF and ILAC.
SELF ASSESMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
• To maintain the focus on the agreed areas for improvement, it is necessary to
monitor and supervise the relevant tasks while carrying out daily work
routines.
Five issues should be considered in the process of determining whether selfassessment is the appropriate method for developing a VET institution:
• mission, vision and values
• commitment
• autonomy
• dialogue
• evidence
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SELF-ASSESSMENT
• Any process or methodology carried out by a VET provider under
its own responsibility, to evaluate its performance or position in relation to two
dimensions: an internal dimension (“micro level”) that covers services, internal
staff, beneficiaries or clients, policy and/or internal organisation, development
plan, etc.; and an external dimension (“macro level”) that covers analysis of the
educational offer of this institution compared to others: relationship with the
territorial system of actors (local decision-makers, unions, local governments,
type of labour market and needs of VET, information network, type of
populations interested in a learning offer and evolution of the needs, main results
of work at national and European levels in the VET sector).’
The Common Quality Assurance Framework (CQAF) in vocational
education and training
• The CQAF model can be applied as a quality management framework for the
national VET system and individual VET providers (see Appendices 1 & 2).
Involvement of stakeholders is of the utmost importance when aiming to
improve the quality of systems and operations. The phases of quality
assurance used in the model are shown in Figure 1 below.
• The elements of the model are planning, implementation, evaluation and
assessment and review (feedback and procedures for change), each of which
is assigned a set of quality criteria. Different Member States have made
different choices for dealing with quality assurance and improvement in
vocational education and training. This is why the model presents the core
quality criteria such that they can be applied to different operating
environments. The model uses questions to draw attention to critical factors
of quality.
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