The role of education quality monitoring in ensuring quality higher education

Abstract

The article shows the necessity of monitoring the quality of education. The main educational criteria of the process of ensuring the higher education (monitoring activities, academic integrity) are highlighted. The essence of the concepts is revealed: monitoring the quality of education (presented in two aspects: first, compliance with specifications or standards; second, compliance with consumer requests). Levels of education monitoring (regional, institutional, international, national) are proposed. The need for continuous monitoring of the quality of education has been proved. Specific stages of education quality monitoring are highlighted. The requirements for the diagnostic tools and main functions (analytical and informational, prognostic, diagnostic, corrective) for monitoring have been submitted. To study the importance of these problem of future specialists professional training, methodological approaches (personal, system, competence, activity, benchmarking) have been determined.