| Company type | Evaluation of education |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014/05/01 in Helsinki, Finland |
| Headquarters | Helsinki |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | karvi |
The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is an independent government agency that evaluates education in Finland and the work of Finnish education providers from early childhood education to higher education. It also produces information for education policy decision-making and the development of education. FINEEC carries out audits of quality systems, evaluations of learning outcomes (in basic education and upper secondary education), and thematic and system evaluations. FINEEC also supports education providers and higher education institutions in matters pertaining to evaluation and quality management and also works to develop the evaluation of education. [1] [2] The tasks and organisation of FINEEC are specified in legislation. [3]
FINEEC began operating in May 2014 when the evaluation activities of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, the Finnish Education Evaluation Council and the Finnish National Board of Education were combined. [2]
It has been proposed that the Matriculation Examination Board and FINEEC should be incorporated into the new Finnish National Agency for Education in 2018. The two would nevertheless continue to operate as independent bodies. [4]
FINEEC comprises the Evaluation Council, the Higher Education Evaluation Committee and three competence units: the General Education and Early Childhood Education Unit, the Vocational Education Unit, and the Higher Education and Liberal Adult Education Unit. FINEEC has a staff of about 50, with offices in Helsinki and Jyväskylä. [5]
FINEEC implements system and thematic evaluations, learning outcome evaluations and field-specific evaluations. [1]
Examples of evaluations carried out by FINEEC at different educational levels:
FINEEC is responsible for the evaluation of education provided by universities and universities of applied sciences in Finland. The three key evaluation types are the audits of higher education institutions' quality systems, thematic evaluations of the education system and accreditations of engineering degree programmes. Higher education institutions passing the audits carried out by FINEEC receive a quality label, which shows that the quality system used in the organisation in question is in accordance with European principles and recommendations, and that it also meets the national criteria for quality management in higher education institutions. [17] The quality label is valid for six years. [18]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to education:
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