College accreditation: successful work and the opportunity to teach. Accreditation is the essence and purpose

According to the data for 2016, 40% of 9th grade graduates enter the institutions of the vocational education system, and only 60% go to the tenth grade. All 3,200 colleges and technical schools in Russia according to the Federal State Educational Standards are required to undergo state accreditation. What is it for and what is it?

Types of accreditation:

state;
public.

State accreditation- confirmation at the federal level that the current educational programs of the college and technical school are legal and of high quality.

What do they pay attention to when conducting an examination as part of accreditation in the SPO? The main thing is the correspondence of the final quality of student training with the content of the educational program.

— Information on the implementation of educational programs declared for state accreditation must necessarily contain the full texts of programs agreed with representatives of employers in accordance with the requirements of 273-FZ and specific Federal State Educational Standards, including PM, including IEP (if any), KUG, working programs of modules and disciplines, methodological and evaluation materials with positive opinions of employers and other materials annually updated in accordance with the LNA of the organization, - Elena Vasilievna Zachesova, an expert in the field of educational law, commented at one of the webinars of the Academy for Professional Development.

The examination is carried out by the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (a special commission of Rosobrnadzor). The decision on accreditation can be positive or negative, but in any case, the body must issue a certificate.

The validity period of this certificate is somewhat different for institutions working in different areas:

6 years. The main educational directions (this also includes SPO).
12 years. General education programs.

If the college has successfully passed the test, the college management will be given:

relevant certificate;
applications to it.

Annexes to the certificate are needed to confirm its validity. It is in the applications that accredited educational programs are indicated. Under these programs, an educational institution can provide benefits to students and issue diplomas.

In already accredited organizations, the result of the examination is provided no later than 105 days from the date of receipt of the application and documents from the college or technical school. If we are talking about reissuing a certificate of state accreditation, then it is carried out no more than 45 days from the date of registration of the application from the applicant. Issuance of a duplicate takes no more than 15 days.

Usually, inspectors require documents of the organization in printed form. But the law allows them to provide them in electronic form.

- If the LEA has a LNA on the rules of office work and document flow, then according to it, documents should be stored and provided, - Elena Zachesova believes. - But on the other hand, you should somehow convince the members of the accreditation commission that you can read your electronic documents from the screen and not print anything. There are a lot of arguments, but I would not refer to a standard, but to a role model - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 12, 2011 N 176-r "On approval of the action plan for the transition of federal executive bodies to paperless document management when organizing internal activities." If the Government is against paperwork, then so is your POO.

public accreditation implies recognition of the level or merits of an educational organization by any public trade union organizations, unions, associations. Public accreditation cannot be replaced by state accreditation. But public accreditation affects the prestige of an educational institution.

Let us give an example of public accreditation of a Russian university. In April 2017, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada decided to undertake an institutional accreditation for one of our medical universities. As a result, our educational institution received the status of an internationally accredited higher education institution and increased its authority.

What are the reasons for being denied accreditation?

Denial of an expert opinion on state accreditation of a college can be in two cases:

if the educational organization provided documents with false information;
as a result of a negative conclusion of the accreditation examination.

What are the consequences of failing accreditation?

If the college does not receive a certificate, then it will not be able to continue to teach students. And even today's graduates will not be able to pick up their diplomas.

In the media environment, there are practically no stories about SVE institutions that have not been accredited, but there are many similar stories about universities.

So, at the beginning of June 2017, the news was published on the city website of Omsk that the Rosobrnadzor Commission did not renew the accreditation of a subdivision of one university in Omsk. The website of the university has information that students are taught in 7 areas, and at the moment only the “Quality Management” profile remains accredited for issuing a diploma. The rest didn't pass. Most of the 2017 graduates will not receive diplomas from this institution. The university will have to take action. For example, to negotiate with other higher educational institutions so that they issue diplomas to their graduates.

A similar situation can occur in educational institutions of secondary vocational education.

Appeal or what to do if the college is not accredited?

The representative of the SPO institution can appeal the decision, as well as the actions or inaction of the inspectors.

An appeal is possible if:

the deadline for registering the applicant's request for state accreditation was violated;
the deadline for granting state accreditation was violated;
the applicant was required to provide documents that are not provided for by the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation for the provision of state accreditation;
refused to accept documents;
refused on the grounds not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation;
demanded from the applicant any fees that are not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation;
refused to correct errors in the issued documents or violated the deadlines for their correction.

The appeal document must be submitted printed on paper.

The complaint must indicate:

The name of the authorized body, the indication of the official or civil civil servant who provided the public service and whose actions are being appealed.
Full name, data on the place of residence of the applicant and contact details (phone number, email address).
Information about the object of the complaint.
Explanation of claims. If the applicant has evidence (for example, documents), they must be sent along with the complaint.

If a refusal to accept documents, a refusal to correct typos/errors or a violation of the deadlines for their correction is appealed, then within 5 days the authorized body must consider the complaint. In other cases, the consideration period is 15 days from the date of registration.

If during the consideration of a complaint or as a result of its consideration an administrative offense or a crime is discovered, then the official authorized person must immediately send the relevant materials to the prosecutor's office.

How to bring the work in your vocational institution in line with modern requirements, you will learn at the International Conference "Practical solutions in the field of transition to new FSES SVE: development of working documentation and evaluation of educational results" .

Forms of accreditation by the level of standards associated with the region of validity of standards and, accordingly, the region of accreditation. Standards may apply at international, national, regional or local levels. Also, the standards may belong to certain associations (for example, SRO standards) or organizations (for example, JCI standards).

In accordance with the affiliation of the standards, the forms of accreditation are distinguished:

international accreditation. This form of accreditation is carried out for compliance with international standards. The results of accreditation are recognized by participants in economic activity from around the world. With this form of accreditation, an important condition is not only compliance with the international standard, but also the recognition of the results of accreditation in various countries. If there is no such recognition, then accreditation cannot be considered international;
national accreditation. Such accreditation is carried out at the level of individual states. Almost all countries of the world have their own national accreditation systems. Both national and international standards can act as accreditation standards. The results of accreditation in the national accreditation system are recognized only within the given state. However, if there is an agreement on mutual recognition of the results of accreditation between the national accreditation systems of different countries, then accreditation in the national system "automatically" receives the status of international accreditation;
regional accreditation. In this case, accreditation is carried out for compliance with regional standards. As a rule, such accreditation is associated with the activities of enterprises and organizations located within the same region. The results of accreditation are recognized by participants in the economic activity of this particular region. It should be noted that the concept of "region" is quite broad. It may be limited to a single city or region (for example, regional accreditation of Moscow appraisers), or it can be limited to several countries (for example, the system of accreditation of higher education in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region). However, to a greater extent, this form of accreditation refers to "small" geographic dimensions;
industry accreditation. Many branches of economic activity have their own accreditation. It is related to the specifics of work in this particular industry (for example, accreditation of educational institutions, accreditation of auditors, etc.). This form of accreditation implies the existence of industry performance standards. Recognition of accreditation results can exist at different levels: international, national or regional. It depends on the existence of agreements between participants in economic activity in a particular industry;
corporate accreditation. In many countries, legislation allows the creation of accreditation systems for individual enterprises or even individuals. In this case, such a form of accreditation as corporate is possible. The types of activities for which it is possible to create corporate accreditation may be limited by law. As accreditation standards, both own standards (enterprise standards) and national or international standards are used. The application of own standards is widely developed in the automotive industry. Well-known automakers develop their own standards and accredit suppliers according to these standards.

In addition to "pure" forms of accreditation, there may be a mixed one. For example, industry accreditation will be international in nature if the participants in the accreditation system are companies (persons) from different countries of the world and there is an agreement between them on the mutual recognition of accreditation.

Forms of accreditation by objects of accreditation related to the legal status of applicants (organizations or individuals seeking accreditation).

There are two main forms of accreditation on this basis:

accreditation of organizations (legal entities, individual entrepreneurs);
accreditation of individuals (experts, specialists, etc.).

Legal entities and individuals can be accredited in various accreditation systems related to the ownership of standards (for example, legal entities can have international, national, etc. accreditation). However, the type of activity carried out also influences the accreditation of legal entities and individuals.

In the Russian Federation, the main document regulating the issues of accreditation is the Federal Law "On Accreditation in the National Accreditation System". In accordance with this law, only legal entities and individual entrepreneurs can obtain national accreditation. Individuals can act as experts of the national accreditation system.

Another variant of accreditation that can be referred to as this form of accreditation is activity accreditation. An activity is any service or type of work. Examples are educational programs, medical services, information systems programs. In this case, accreditation is received not by a legal entity or an individual, but by a certain set of organizational and methodological measures.

Accreditation forms by application status have two options:

mandatory accreditation;
voluntary accreditation.

Mandatory accreditation regulated and implemented by government agencies. This form of accreditation is directly related to the health and safety of citizens and the state as a whole. For example, in the Russian Federation, a mandatory form of accreditation is applied to weapons and military equipment, work in the field of nuclear energy, work related to air, sea and river transportation, ensuring the sanitary and hygienic well-being of citizens, etc.

Voluntary form of accreditation It is used where there is no direct threat to the security and health of citizens and the state. Regulation of this sphere by the state exists, but it is limited by the level of laws, the establishment of rules, norms and principles for accreditation. However, in Russian legislation it is necessary to pay attention to the indication of the form of accreditation in the laws that regulate a particular type of activity.

The difference between voluntary and mandatory forms of accreditation can be expressed as follows:

with a voluntary form of accreditation, the organization (or individual) independently makes a decision on accreditation. An organization (or an individual) can be engaged in the chosen type of activity, regardless of whether it has accreditation;
with a mandatory form of accreditation, an organization (or an individual) cannot engage in the chosen type of activity without accreditation. If an organization (individual) is engaged in the selected type of activity without accreditation, then such activity will be considered illegal and prosecuted under criminal or administrative law.

Forms of accreditation may vary in terms. Depending on the rules established in the accreditation system, it can be unlimited or have a limited duration. The presence of perpetual accreditation does not mean at all that after receiving it, the organization (person) will not be controlled. As a rule, after receiving accreditation (both urgent and indefinite), a periodic review is carried out for compliance with the accreditation criteria. If an organization or person violates the requirements and criteria for accreditation, the accreditation will be cancelled.

Accreditation system

Accreditation system is a set of organizational, documentation and technical elements that interact with each other to increase mutual trust in the work and services of the system participants and achieve the goals of accreditation.

From this definition it follows that any accreditation system has:

the purpose for which the accreditation system is being created;
organizational, documentation and technical elements that ensure the operation of the accreditation system;
participants of the system that interact with each other and with the elements of the accreditation system;
works and services that are performed either by the participants of the system, or are performed for the participants of the accreditation system.

By Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 18, 2013 No. 1039, a new Regulation on state accreditation of educational activities (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation) was approved. Accordingly, the former regulatory legal documents on state accreditation of educational activities from this moment lose their force.

It is important to note that according to this Decree, certificates of state accreditation held by organizations engaged in educational activities, issued to them before September 1, 2013, are subject to re-issuance by accreditation bodies before January 1, 2016 on the basis of applications from these organizations.

To whom do the terms of the document apply?

The Regulation establishes the procedure for conducting state accreditation of the educational activities of educational organizations, organizations providing training, as well as individual entrepreneurs, with the exception of individual entrepreneurs directly engaged in educational activities (hereinafter referred to as organizations engaged in educational activities), for the implementation of basic educational programs (with the exception of educational programs preschool education).

Who conducts

State accreditation is carried out by the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science or the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exercising the powers transferred by the Russian Federation in the field of education (hereinafter referred to as accreditation bodies).

How is it carried out

1. To obtain state accreditation, an organization carrying out educational activities applies to the accreditation body with an application for state accreditation, to which a number of documents and information specified in the Regulations are attached. The application forms and the information attached to it on the implementation of educational programs, as well as the requirements for their completion and execution, are approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

The application and the documents attached to it shall be submitted in one of the following ways:

a) on paper or by registered mail with a description of the attachment and a return receipt;

b) in the form of an electronic document signed with an electronic signature.

The accreditation body within 1 working day conducts their acceptance according to the inventory and registration.

2. The application and the documents attached to it are checked by the accreditation body for:

a) assignment of state accreditation to the competence of the accreditation body;

b) the availability of a license to carry out educational activities according to the declared educational programs, for state accreditation;

c) expiration of 1 year from the date of refusal of the organization carrying out educational activities in state accreditation or deprivation of state accreditation;

d) the correctness of execution and filling of the application and the attached documents, the completeness of the attached documents.

3. In case of a positive decision, the application and the documents attached to it are accepted for consideration on the merits, and the applicant is given or sent a corresponding notification.

4. In case of non-compliance of the submitted documents with the requirements of the Regulation, the applicant receives a notification of non-compliance, as well as information that in order to conduct state accreditation, it is necessary to submit to the accreditation body correctly executed and completed application and attached documents and (or) missing documents within 2 months.

Otherwise, the applicant will be denied acceptance and consideration of documents, and the documents will be returned.

An organization carrying out educational activities has the right to submit an application no earlier than 1 year after the refusal of state accreditation or deprivation of its state accreditation.

The basis for terminating the consideration by the accreditation body of the application and the attached documents and returning them to the applicant is the entry into force of the court decision on the administrative suspension of activities or on the annulment of the license for educational activities during the state accreditation procedure.

5. If the documents are accepted for consideration, then the accreditation body conducts an accreditation examination, the subject of which is to determine the compliance of the content and quality of training of students in an organization carrying out educational activities, according to the educational programs declared for state accreditation, to federal state educational standards.

When conducting an accreditation examination of educational activities in educational programs that ensure the implementation of educational standards, accreditation examination in terms of the content of training students is not carried out.

Accreditation examination is carried out separately in relation to educational programs implemented in an organization carrying out educational activities, and in each of its branches.

Based on the results of the accreditation examination, a conclusion of the expert group is prepared, a copy of which is sent to the organization carrying out educational activities, or handed over against signature to its authorized representative.

6. The accreditation body considers the conclusion of the expert group and decides on the compliance or non-compliance of the content and quality of training of students in an organization engaged in educational activities, including in each of its branches, with federal state educational standards in terms of each level of education, an enlarged group of professions, specialty and directions of training, which include educational programs declared for state accreditation, and makes a decision on state accreditation or on refusal of state accreditation.

7. When making a decision on state accreditation, the accreditation body issues a certificate of state accreditation to the organization carrying out educational activities with an appendix. A certificate without an attachment is not valid.

Validity period of the accreditation certificate:

a) 6 years - for an organization carrying out educational activities for the implementation of basic professional educational programs;

b) 12 years - for an organization carrying out educational activities for the implementation of basic general education programs.

8. The accreditation body refuses state accreditation of an organization carrying out educational activities, if one of the following grounds exists:

a) identification of false information in the documents submitted by the organization carrying out educational activities;

b) the presence of a negative conclusion of the expert group.

9. An educational organization or an organization providing training that has arisen as a result of reorganization in the form of a merger, division or spin-off, or another educational organization or organization that has been reorganized in the form of accession to it, is issued a temporary certificate for 1 year.

10. For the issuance of a certificate (temporary certificate), a state duty is paid in the amount and in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees.

11. The regulation also establishes the grounds and procedure for reissuing an accreditation certificate, issuing a duplicate in case of loss or damage to the certificate with an attachment, the procedure for suspending, renewing, terminating and depriving state accreditation.

The full document can be viewed, for example, on the Garant website.

What to do?

1. Read the document carefully.

2. Make a decision on the timing of reissuing a certificate or passing state accreditation. Make a plan.

2. Contact the accreditation body. Consult on your questions.

Accreditation under the new rules

Recently, increased attention has been paid by Rosobrnadzor, the Ministry of Education to the quality of education in universities. Checks and constant monitoring of the educational process are carried out.

Based on the analysis of various data, recommendations are given on the termination of the work of inefficient and low-quality educational institutions. There is a revocation of the license and accreditation of such a university (college, school)

However, often the leadership of such organizations is in no hurry to notify their students about this and continue to conduct educational activities. Moreover, they continue to recruit students and accept tuition fees, taking advantage of the ignorance of applicants about the true state of affairs at the institute.

In order not to get into such a situation, and when choosing a university upon admission, the first thing that applicants should pay attention to is the availability of a license for the right to conduct educational activities and accreditation.

Since 2011, licenses have been issued indefinitely, but this does not mean that it cannot be revoked. Scheduled inspections by Rosobrnadzor are carried out no more than once every three years (this must be borne in mind). But in the event of complaints and appeals, the frequency of inspections is not limited.

Key points to pay attention to:

The name of the university in the license must match the name in all documents, orders, contracts, certificates of the university, including the diploma.
The address of the university indicated in the license is the legal address and may not coincide with the place of your study. Most importantly, this address must match the address specified in the Charter of the university and in the contract for the provision of paid educational services.
The license has an application - one or more. The applications indicate the educational programs for which the university has the right to teach, so you should pay attention to this when choosing a university and a specialty in which you want to study. Applications issued recently under the new form also indicate the places where educational activities are carried out.

3. You can also check the educational organization on this page of Rosobrnadzor (search for organizations or individual entrepreneurs engaged in educational activities according to state-accredited educational programs)

State accreditation of a higher education institution is a procedure for recognizing the quality of an educational institution and its compliance with educational standards, carried out by state quality bodies.

The university accreditation procedure takes place every five years. Opened universities or their separate new branches can receive accreditation only after the first graduation of students.

In case of successful completion of accreditation, the educational institution receives a certificate of the established form and an appendix to it, which lists the accredited specialties in this higher educational institution. In addition, the certificate indicates the name and type of the educational institution, its type: academy, university, institute. The branch is not certified separately from the parent institution. Each branch of the university must have a certified copy of the accreditation certificate and its annex.

Accreditation procedure

In order to pass certification, each university is checked by the National Accreditation Agency on time. The level of knowledge of both students and teachers is assessed.

In addition, a mandatory requirement is the presence of teaching a number of specialties and the conduct of scientific activities by the university. For example, such a type of educational institution as an institute can train students in only one direction and not conduct scientific activities at all.

Purpose of accreditation

The end result of the accreditation procedure is the receipt by the university of a certificate of state accreditation, which confirms the status of the educational institution and the quality of the education offered. Diplomas of the state sample have the right to issue only accredited universities. Universities that have not passed state accreditation have the right to issue only diplomas of the established form, which are less valued by some employers than state ones. An accredited university is in any case more reliable and more prestigious. In such educational institutions, students are strictly guaranteed all the benefits, state support is provided to accredited universities.

The advantage of studying at an accredited educational institution

In addition to the fact that in an accredited university, students are guaranteed to receive, if they can write or, of course, having passed it, a state diploma, they always have the opportunity to continue their studies in graduate and postgraduate studies. In such institutions there are a number of advantages and benefits over graduates of non-accredited educational institutions.

Only an accredited university has the right to give a deferment from the army, and only in those specialties that are listed in the appendix to the certificate.
The possibility of studying on a budgetary form and receiving student benefits. In non-accredited universities, you will not receive state benefits and support for education. Such universities can only offer their own programs organized in them.
By enrolling in an accredited university, you insure yourself against a sudden closure of an educational institution.
However, it should be noted that the quality of education and the amount of knowledge do not always depend on whether the university is accredited or not.