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| Name: | Law N° 136(I) of 2015 on Quality Assurance and Certification of the Higher Education and on the Establishment and Function of an Institution for pertinent issues. |
| Country: | Cyprus |
| Subject(s): | Education, vocational guidance and training |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2015-07-21 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Epissimi Efimeris, 2015-07-21, Part I(I), N° 4526, pp. 1118-1141 |
| ISN: | CYP-2015-L-102362 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=102362&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Epissimi Efimeris, 2015-07-21, Part I(I), N° 4526, pp. 1118-1141 Text in Greek  Tipografio Kipriakis Dimokratias, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 1118-1141 PDF of Official Gazette in Greek (consulted on 2016-07-26) |
| Abstract/Citation: | PART 1: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Article 2 provides for the definition of terms. PART 2: PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT AND TYPES OF ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION OF THE QUALITY, CRITERIA AND QUALITY INDICATORS Article 3: Purposes of Educational Assessment. Article 4: Types of assessment and Certification. Article 5: Content of Assessment. Article 6: Criteria and quality indicators. Article 7: Cross-border education. Article 8: Cross-border cooperation. Article 9: Types of cross-border education. Article 10: Assessment of cross-border education. Article 11: Conditions of cross-border education. PART 3: PROCEDURE OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE Article 12: Standards of internal quality assurance. Article 13: Internal Quality Committee. Article 14: Competence of the Internal Quality Committee. Article 15: Internal Assessment General Report. PART 4: TYPES AND PROCEDURES OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION Article 16: Standards and procedures of External Quality Assurance and Certification. Article 17: Types of External Assessment, Procedures and composition of the External Assessment Committees. Article 18: External Assessment Committee for vocational study course. Article 19: Assessment-Certification of cross-university study course of private universities. Article 20: Stages of the External Assessment procedure leading to Certification. Article 21: Procedure of establishment and function of a Higher Education Institution. PART 5: QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CROSS-BORDER AND CROSS-INSTITUTION EDUCATION Article 22: Application of codes of good practices provisions and basic principles. Article 23: Cross-institution cooperation within the Republic of Cyprus. Article 24: Branch of a local institution in a Member State or in a third country and the Republic of Cyprus. Article 25: Quality assurance of cross-border study course. PART 6: ESTABLISHMENT, COMPETENCE AND FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION Article 26: Institution of Quality Assurance and Certification of the Higher Education. Article 27: Board for the management of the Institution. Article 28: Appointment and composition of the Institution¿s Board. Article 29: Quorum, procedural matters and complementary provisions. Article 30: Statement of interest from a member of the Board. Article 31: Honorary allowances and expenses. Article 32: Purposes and competences of the Institution. Article 33: Housing and other infrastructure of the Institution. Article 34: Budget of the Institution. PART 7: FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Article 35: Regulations. Article 36: Payment of fees. Article 37: ECTS and ECVET Systems and Appendage of Diploma. Article 38: Transitional provisions. Article 39: Conflict of provisions. Article 40: Entry into force of the present Law. ANNEX: FEES FOR INSTITUTIONAL, COMPARTMENTAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT-CERTIFICATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION (Articles 21 and 36). |
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