{"id":6615,"date":"2019-02-18T21:04:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekka.edu.ee\/en\/?page_id=6615"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:27:57","slug":"project-quality-enhancement-continuing-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haka.ee\/en\/project-quality-enhancement-continuing-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Enhancement in Continuing Education and treshold-based assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since autumn 2018 as per contract concluded with the Ministry of Education and Research, HAKA (until June 2022 EKKA) has been developing a system for quality assurance in continuing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the first two year project was to achieve two main goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To conduct a study in order to get an overview of continuing education provision in Estonia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To develop and pilot, in cooperation with stakeholders, a quality enhancement system for continuing education providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The project scope included developing a relevant assessment methodology, recruitment and training of assessment experts and conducting compliance assessment of approximately 140 continuous education providers. The project also aimed at analysing the training needs of providers identified in the study and offering corresponding training and counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/haka.ee\/en\/qa-study-programme-groups\/\">another project<\/a> designed and implemented in collaboration with the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund aiming at on the one hand give reassurance to learners on the high quality of continuous education provision, and on the other hand incentivise the providers to invest in a systematic manner in quality assurance of the studies they offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/haka.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/eu_social_fund_horizontal-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9861\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8928558853561495;width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haka.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/eu_social_fund_horizontal-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/haka.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/eu_social_fund_horizontal-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/haka.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/eu_social_fund_horizontal-768x406.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The project is funded by the European Social Fund and the Ministry of Education and Research funded program for 2014-2020. 1.06.002.02.15-0003 \u201cPromotion of Adult Education and Enhancement of Learning Opportunities\u201d under the activity 6.5 \u201cImproving the Quality of Continuing Education for Adults\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since autumn 2018 as per contract concluded with the Ministry of Education and Research, HAKA (until June 2022 EKKA) has been developing a system for quality assurance in continuing education. 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