The third mock evaluation of selected study programmes under the Activity 3.7 Undertake a mock accreditation at each pilot university for a study program in a priority area of the Twinning project was implemented as part of the mission that lasted from 25 to 29 November 2019.  

The mission was implemented by Ms. Ilva Grigorjeva, evaluation expert at Academic Information Center of Latvia and Ms. Ineta Helmane, Head of Preschool and Primary School Education Department at the University of Latvia.

The purpose of the mission was to perform a mock evaluation of Math Teacher study programme in three pilot universities of the Twinning project – Baku State University (BSU), Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU) and Baku Engineering University (BEU).

The mock evaluation of the programme was implemented by a panel of experts composed of two field experts (one local and one EU expert), two Quality Assurance experts (one local and one EU expert), a student and an employer.   

On the first day of the mission week the experts gathered in Accreditation Department of the Ministry of Education to discuss the self-evaluation reports of Math teacher programs submitted by BSU, ASPU and BEU and drafted and shared the questions to be addressed to the university staff during the site visits.

Later, the experts panel made a one-day site visit to each of those three universities. Interviews were held with the senior management, the academic staff who developed the self-evaluation members, students as well as representatives of employers. The experts’ panel also toured various facilities, auditoriums and labs in order to evaluate the infrastructure used for teaching of the study programme.

As a result of the mock evaluation, a final evaluation report on each of the two study programmes will be developed by the experts’ panel giving recommendations for further improvements.

The mock evaluation of other study programmes in Chemical Engineering, Informatics Teacher, Computer Science and Foreign Language Teacher selected as pilots by the Twinning project will be performed within the upcoming weeks.