The Quality Management System of Additional Professional Education in Higher Educational Institution on the Basis of a Standard Quality System

Abstract

The strategic goal of the state policy of the Russian Federation concerning education is to ensure the quality of functioning of additional professional education (APE) as means of social development, and in this regard, the creation of a modern system of continuous education, i.e. the implementation of the concept of lifelong learning. The solution of this problem is possible on the basis of the development and integration into the overall management system of the educational organization of the quality management system (QMS) of additional professional education, taking into account the specifics of this type of activity. The paper is proposed to develop the QMS of APE of higher education on the basis of a standard model of quality system proposed in 2006 by a consortium of representatives of educational institutions of secondary vocational and higher education of the Russian Federation. The creation of quality systems of educational organizations on the basis of the model of QMS of OO considered in the article, adapted to the specifics of APE will contribute to the creation of conditions for ensuring the quality of training of students of professional educational programs.