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At least every six years, both the general education institution and the vocational education institution must complete the accreditation process (assessment of the quality of education). An educational institution may be accredited at the same time as an educational programme or separately (including depending on the type of institution and the results of previous accreditation)

Process description

  1. Application submission
    The head of an educational institution shall submit to the State Education Quality Service a accreditation application coordinated with the founder no later than three months before the end of the accreditation period or the desired time of accreditation of the educational programme.

  2. Organize Accreditation
    The State Education Quality Service shall, on the basis of the documents submitted and the available information, organise accreditation, inform the educational institution and the founder regarding the composition of the expert commission and the beginning of the work thereof in the educational institution.

  3. Accreditation in the educational establishment
    Expert Commission evaluates the quality of education in an educational institution

  4. Preparation of the report of the panel of experts
    The expert commission shall draw up a report of the expert commission regarding the results of the accreditation and shall submit it to the State Service of Education Quality. The expert commission shall draw up a report of the expert commission regarding the results of the accreditation and shall submit it to the State Service of Education Quality. The report of the expert commission shall be published on the home page of the State Education Quality Service (https://www.ikvd.gov.lv/lv/akreditacijas-ekspertu-komisija-un-zinojumi)

  5. Taking a decision and entering information in a public register
    The State Education Quality Service shall take a decision on the accreditation of an educational institution for a period of six years/on the refusal of accreditation of an educational institution; information on accreditation shall be entered in www.viis.lv. The decision refusing accreditation shall be sent to the educational establishment.

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