%0 Journal Article %T POSSIBILITIES OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO ASSURE QUALITY OF EDUCATION / Ako m u vysok¨¦ koly zabezpe i kvalitu vzdel¨˘vania %A JurkoviŁż Jozef %J Technol¨®gia vzdel¨˘vania %D 2010 %I %X Ministers responsible for higher education agreed Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) with aim to strengthen mutual trust on quality of national higher education system. The ESG is a good starting point for national debate on quality. Debate on quality may not be consistent without a framework to define quality of education. We can use ESG to improve quality of higher education and quality of discussion about quality of higher education as well. A most of principles from ESG are implemented in Slovak quality assurance system. Quality assurance is not static state, but dynamic procces, so we can not be satisfied with present state of implementation ESG. More attention deserves to institutional quality assurance system, which is a key element in the whole system. Active role of higher education institutions mainly in implementation of internal system of quality assurance is crucial for next improvement.S cie om posil¨ľovania vz¨˘jomnej d very o kvalite n¨˘rodnych syst¨¦mov vysoko kolsk¨¦ho vzdel¨˘-vania prijali ministri zodpovedn¨Ş za vysoko kolsk¨¦ vzde-l¨˘vanie Eur¨®pske tandardy a odpor¨˛ ania na zabez-pe ovanie kvality vo vysoko kolskom vzdel¨˘van¨Ş. Tento dokument je dobrym vychodiskom pre n¨˘rodn¨˛ diskusiu o kvalite, ktor¨˘ bez zadefinovania si r¨˘mca kvality vzde l¨˘vania nem e by konzistentn¨˘. Na zlep enie kvality vzdel¨˘vania, ale aj kvality diskusie o kvalite vzdel¨˘vania na n¨˘rodnej ¨˛rovni je mo n¨¦ vyu i eur¨®pske tandardy zabezpe ovania kvality vysoko kolsk¨¦ho vzdel¨˘vania. Mnoh¨¦ z princ¨Şpov v tandardoch s¨˛ u v slovenskom syst¨¦me implementovan¨¦. Zabezpe ovanie kvality nie je statickym stavom, ale dynamickym procesom, a pre-to sa nie je mo n¨¦ uspokoji ani so s¨˛ asnym stavom implement¨˘cie samotnych tandardov. Viac pozornosti si zasl¨˛ i in titucion¨˘lny syst¨¦m zabezpe ovania kvali-ty, ktory je najd le itej ¨Şm prvkom v celom syst¨¦me. Pre kvalitu vysoko kolsk¨¦ho vzdel¨˘vania bude rozhoduj¨˛ce, aby vysok¨¦ koly boli akt¨Şvnej ie pri budovan¨Ş vn¨˛tornych pravidiel zabezpe ovania kvality. %K Standards of quality assurance %K study program %K accreditation %U http://technologiavzdelavania.ukf.sk/index.php/tv/article/view/1174