International Experience, Kazakhstan

In October and November, 2014 Galina Bakumenko, Head of the Experts Office of NCPA, and Petr Korotkov, Head of the Accreditation Office of NCPA, took part in specialized accreditation of educational programmes conducted by Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency for Education (IQAA).

From 27 till 31 October, 2014 Petr Korotkov, Head of the Accreditation Office of NCPA, took part in accreditation of the following programmes delivered by Atyrau Institute of Oil and Gas (Atyrau, Kazakhstan) as an international expert:

- "Transport, Transport Equipment and Technology",
- "Materials Science and Technology of New Materials",
- "Marine Engineering and Technology",
- "Technological Machines and Equipment",
- "Construction".

Within external audit of IQAA commission for specialized accreditation of the study programmes audit of 5 clusters of the programmes was held (21 Bachelor's degree programmes).

From 24 till 25 November, 2014 Galina Bakumenko, Head of the Experts Office of NCPA, took part in specialized accreditation of the following programmes of Zulkharnai Aldamzhar Kostanai Social and Technical University (Kazakhstan) as an international expert:
- "Psychology and Pedagogics",
- "Pedagogics and Methodology of Elementary Education",
- "Translation",
- "Kazakh Language and Literature".

Within external audit of IQAA commission for specialized accreditation of the study programmes audit of 5 clusters of the programmes was held (15 Bachelor's degree programmes).

Participation of the NCPA representatives in the international reviews of IQAA will allow strenthening of international relations and will contribute to the development of effective cooperation in the field of quality assurance, delivery of joint projects and sharing experience in the field of higher education evaluation.

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