Overview of National Qualification frameworks - Project-Nqf-Sqf

innovations in the assessment process. Also a proposal of initiatives and suggestions which could contribute to theimprovement of the quality of teaching and state co-ordination in international studies.In 1995, instigated by the advisory boards of Universities, the National Assessment Plan of the UniversityStandards was set up. Its objectives are to promote the institutional assessment of quality in the educationalenvironment, research and university management organization; develop homogeneous methodologies andcommon basic criteria for the assessment of compatible quality with the practise in force in the European Union,and give objective information to society, as well as to the educational Administrations and the University advisoryboards, which can serve as a base for making decisions.Non university educationThe assessment units in the different autonomous communities collaborate with INECSE in the differentassessment activities of the Spanish educational system, these units are in charge of assessing the educationalsystem in their area. The LOCE has established that the Ministry of Educationa and Science, through INECSE,and in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, and within the general assessment framework of theeducational system, will develop general assessments of diagnostics on areas and subjects. These assessmentsare carried out, in any case, in Primary and Compulsory Secondary Education and the basic material of thecurricula will be discussed. For the moment the development of this measure has not been approved yet.Assessment of the educational centres is two-fold: internal assessment, carried out by the teachers themselves,and external evaluation, carried out by specialists in assessment, normally by Education Inspectors. In any casethe Autonomous Communities are in charge of determining and getting a plan of action going in the managementareas, all of which have the same objectives and basic characteristics. The norms indicate that the educationalAdministrations should develop plans to assess the educational public function, the function of Management andEducation Inspection. The norm indicates that the educational Administration should develop plans to evaluatethe function of the public education, management function and education inspection.University EducationIn 2001 the II Quality Plan of Universities was approved over a six year period with institutional assessmentprojects. The Plan adopts a mixed model of recognised assessment used in the international univsersity systems,which takes into consideration an internal revision process (self assessment) together with external assessment(assessment in pairs). The University Advisory Board develops an annual report in which the results of the Planare collected globally. Some Autonomous Communities have created Assessment Agencies in the Universitywhich is coordinated with the National Assessment Plan. This is the case of Andalusia, with its own unit for theQuality of Andalusian Universities. (UCUA); Cataluña with the Quality Agency for the University System (AQ); theQuality Agency for the University System in Galicia, and in Castilla and León, the Agency for the Quality of theuniversity system. On the other hand you have the assessment of the university professors, in which you mustdistinguish between the assessment of teaching and research. As an external mechanism of assessment of thequality of the university system, the Organic Law of Universities created a National Agency for Assessments andCredits(ANECA). The latter assesses both teaching and research, academic and management, as well as theservices and university programmes.NQFThe law 5/2002, June 19th of Qualifications and VET dedicated its chapter IV to quality and VET systemevaluation. Th evaluation of the national system of VET aims to guarantee the efficacy of its actions and itsadequacy to the labour market. Processess evaluation establishment and coordination is Central Governmentresponsability, under previous consultation to the General Committe for VET without predjudice of regionalcompetences.Romania implemented an institution concerned with assuring quality in higher education which is called ARACIS.4.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the NQFs and their influences on the referenceability to the EQFSpeaking about the NLQF in the Netherlands, the following strengths can be identified:__MBO-2 and HAVO/VWO have a the status of ‘start qualification’. This includes that the after vmbo a pupil has toattain a mbo certificate at at least level 2 or a HAVO certificate. A student with a vmbo KB or vmbo GL/TL"This project has been funded with support from theNQF-SQF:European Commission. This publication reflects the views42/43only of the author, and the Commission cannot be heldOverview of National Qualificationresponsible for any use which may be made of theprepared by 3s research laboratoryinformation contained therein."frameworks