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      In accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Education”, I HEREBY ORDER:

      1. To approve:

      1) the requirements applicable to the accreditation body according to Appendix 1 to this order;

      2) Rules for recognition of accreditation bodies including foreign bodies according to Appendix 2 to this order.

      2. The Committee on Control in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (A. Primkulov) in accordance with the procedure established by legislation shall:

      1) ensure the state registration of this order with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      2) within ten calendar days after the state registration of this order send the copy to official publication in the Information and legal system "Adilet" and to periodicals in electronic variant with the application of the paper copy certified by the official stamp;

      3) within five working days from the date of receipt of the registered order to send the copy of it in printing and electronic variant, certified by the seal of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and certified by an electronic digital signature of the person, authorized to sign this order to the Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management "Republican Legal Information Center" of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan for inclusion in the Reference Control Bank of regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      4) place this order on the Internet resource of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      5) within ten working days after the state registration of this order with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, submit to the Department of Legal Service and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan information on the execution of measures provided for in subparagraphs 1), 2) and 3) of this paragraph.

      3. Control over the execution of this order shall be entrusted to the Vice Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan B.A. Asylov.

      4. This order shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication.

Requirements applicable to the accreditation body

      Footnote. The order amended with Appendix 1, according to the order of the Acting Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04.10.2021 No. 499 (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication).

      1. have the status of a legal entity.

      2. To be included in registers and (or) associations of accreditation bodies of the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (hereinafter referred to as the OECD): the European Quality Assurance Register in higher education or full membership in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

      3. To have the resources necessary to fulfill obligations for the accreditation of educational organizations, educational programs (availability of an information system (website) that provides necessary information on accreditation for users in three languages (Kazakh, Russian and English); at least 3 regular full-time employees, holders of the scientific degree of Doctor of Science, Candidate of Science and (or) PhD degree; annual advanced training in the field of quality assurance).

      4. To have at least one foreign expert as part of the expert commission for Kazakhstani accreditation bodies, and for foreign accreditation bodies at least one Kazakhstani expert who has the degree of Candidate of Science or Doctor of Science, Doctor of PhD or Doctor in profile and (or) who are representatives of the professional community with experience work in the field of institutional and specialized accreditation or according to the profile of training specialists by an accredited educational organization, representatives from among the students.

      5. To have standards (regulations) for accreditation that establish requirements to the procedures of accreditation in accordance with subparagraph 2-4) of Article 1 Of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Education”.

      6. To have the development program and (or) strategy of organization, developed subject to strategic and program documents in the field of education.

      7. To have in the information system (website) of the accreditation body and in the Unified Education Information System published information (certificate of accreditation, external audit reports) on the accreditation of the educational organization and (or) the educational program, including decisions to postpone and extend the terms of accreditation taken in the period of a state of emergency of a natural, man-made nature, restrictive measures, including quarantine on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan (no later than thirty working days from the date of the decision), published annual analytical information on the main results of the organization's activities.

Rules for recognition of the accreditation bodies including foreign bodies

      Footnote. Appendix 2 in the wording of the order of the Acting Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04.10.2021 No. 499 (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication).

Chapter 1. General provisions

      1. These Rules for recognition of the accreditation bodies including foreign bodies (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) have been developed in accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 Of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Education” (hereinafter referred to as the Law) and shall determine the procedure for recognition of accreditation bodies including foreign bodies.

      2. The following terms shall be used in these Rules:

      1) Register of Recognized Accreditation Bodies (hereinafter referred to as the Register 1) – a list of national and foreign accreditation bodies included in registers and/or associations of accreditation bodies of member states of the OESD established by an authorized body in the field of education;

      2) Register of accredited educational organizations (hereinafter referred to as the Register 2) - a list of accredited educational organizations;

      3) Register of accredited educational programs (hereinafter referred to as the Register 3) - a list of accredited educational programs (specialty);

      4) an accreditation body - a legal entity that shall conduct institutional and (or) specialized accreditation of educational organizations on the basis of standards (regulations) developed by it;

      5) accreditation standards (regulations) - documents of the accreditation body, establishing requirements to the accreditation procedure;

      6) accreditation of educational organizations - the procedure of recognition by the accreditation body of compliance of educational services with the established accreditation standards (regulations) in order to provide objective information on their quality and confirm the existence of effective mechanisms for its increase;

      7) institutional accreditation - the process of assessing the quality of educational organization by the accreditation body for compliance with the declared status and established standards of the accreditation body;

      8) specialized accreditation - assessment of the quality of individual educational programs implemented by the educational organization;

      9) the authorized body - the central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan, carrying out leadership and intersectoral coordination in the field of education.

Chapter 2. Procedure for recognition of the accreditation bodies including foreign bodies

      3. An accreditation body, including a foreign one, in confirmation of its compliance with the requirements for an accreditation body, approved in accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law, shall submit for recognition to the authorized body the following documents in paper and / or electronic forms:

      1) an application in the form according to Appendix 1 to the Rules;

      2) notarized copies of constituent documents. When submitting documents in foreign languages, their notarized translation into Kazakh or Russian is required;

      3) a document confirming the inclusion of the accreditation body in the registries and (or) associations of accreditation bodies of the OECD member states or a link to a website that presents an accreditation body included in the European Quality Assurance Register or having a full membership in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education;

      4) documents confirming the availability of available resources specified in paragraph 3 of the Requirements for an accreditation body, approved in accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law;

      5) a list of experts involved in the accreditation procedure containing information about the degree of candidate of science or doctor of science, doctor of PhD or doctor by profile, work experience in the field of institutional and specialized accreditation or by the profile of training specialists of the accredited educational organization;

      6) standards (regulations) of accreditation of the accreditation body, establishing requirements for the accreditation procedure;

      7) development program and (or) strategy of the accreditation body.

      4. Documents submitted to the authorized body in accordance with paragraph 3 of these Rules are signed by the legal representative of the accreditation body.

      The authorized body within five working days shall verify the completeness of the submitted documents of the accreditation body in accordance with paragraph 3 of these Rules.

      When the accreditation body submits a complete package of documents, the authorized body shall accept the documents.

      5. In case of incompleteness of the documents specified in paragraph 3 of these Rules, the authorized body shall return the documents in accordance with the procedure set forth by the Administrative Procedural and Process-Related Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      6. The documents of the accreditation body submitted for recognition shall be submitted for consideration by the council of the authorized body, formed from among the representatives of the authorized body, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken", public associations, associations of legal entities, foreign and Kazakhstani experts, teachers (hereinafter referred to as the Council). The quantitative composition of the Council shall include at least 9 members. The composition of the Council shall be approved by the order of the head of the authorized body.

      The structural subdivision of the authorized body is the Working body that ensures the activities of the Council.

      Documents of the accreditation body shall be considered at a meeting of the Council, which is attended by at least two thirds of its members.

      Decisions of the Council shall be considered adopted if the majority of those present at the meeting of the Council voted for them. The minutes of the decision of the Council shall be drawn up and signed by the chairman and secretary of the Council.

      7. The working body of the Council in confirming the compliance of the accreditation body that accredited educational programs from at least two organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education included in one of the academic rankings - top 200 ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), top 300 THE (Times Higher Education) ), top 300 QS World University Rankings, U.S. News and World Report (an indicator of a foreign accreditation body, Global Score of 65), shall introduce a proposal to the Board, which considers and decides on automatic recognition and inclusion in the Register 1 in accordance with Appendix 2 to the Rules.

      8. The term for consideration of documents for recognition by the accreditation body shall be thirty working days from the date of acceptance of the documents specified in paragraph 3 of these Rules.

      9. Based on the results of consideration of documents for compliance with paragraphs 1-7 of the Requirements for the accreditation body, approved in accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law, the Council shall make a decision: 1) on the recognition of the accreditation body; 2) on refusal to recognize the accreditation body.

      10. The authorized body, based on the decision of the Council on the recognition of the accreditation body, shall issue an order on the recognition of the accreditation body and includes it in the Register 1 in accordance with Appendix 2 to the Rules for a period of five years.

      The accreditation body shall report on the main results of its activities at a meeting of the Council annually.

      11. To extend the recognition period by the accreditation body, sixty calendar days before the expiration of the recognition period, the documents provided for in paragraph 3 of these Rules shall be submitted to the authorized body and shall be considered within the time limits established by paragraph 8 of these Rules.

      Based on the results of consideration of documents for extending the terms of recognition of the accreditation body, the Council shall make a decision on extending the term of recognition of the accreditation body, or refusing to extend the term of recognition.

      The extension of the recognition period of the accreditation body shall be approved by the order of the authorized body.

      12. When reorganizing the accreditation body, the authorized body, within fifteen working days from the date of the request of the accreditation body, shall make the appropriate amendments to the Register 1 in accordance with Appendix 2 to the Rules.

      13. The accreditation body shall be excluded from the Register 1 in cases:

      1) submission of an application for voluntary termination of activities or liquidation of the accreditation body;

      2) exclusion of the accreditation body from the registries and (or) association of accreditation bodies of the OECD: the European Quality Assurance Register or full membership in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education;

      3) non-fulfillment of paragraphs 6, 7 of the Requirements applicable to the accreditation body, approved in accordance with, subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law and decisions of the Council;

      4) detection of false or distorted data submitted to the authorized body based on the results of accreditation of educational organizations and educational programs in the annual report on the activities of the accreditation body for the past period in accordance with Appendix 5 to these Rules;

      5) revealing the fact of the absence or ineffective functioning of the internal quality assurance system in the educational organization, suspension and (or) deprivation of the license to conduct educational activities and (or) attachments to the license in two or more educational organizations accredited by the accreditation body;

      6) establishing the facts of affiliation of an accreditation agency with an accredited educational organization.

      14. Exclusion from the Register 1 of the accreditation body shall be made by order of the authorized body, issued on the basis of the decision of the Council.

Application

      Hereby I kindly ask to recognize (confirm) as an accreditation body

      _____________________________________________________________________

      (name of the legal entity)

      and to enter it into the Register 1 of accreditation bodies.

      Address of the legal entity ________________________________________________

      e-mail ______________________________________________________

      Phone numbers _________________________________________________________

      Fax __________________________________________________________________

      Head _______________________________________________________

      (seal) (signature) (surname, name, patronymic (if any))

      “____” _____________ 20__

      (date of completion)

Register of accreditation bodies (Register 1)

Register of accredited educational organizations (Register 2)

Register of accredited educational programs (Реестр 3)

*Progress report for the period
________________________ ___________________________________________________
(name of the accreditation body)

      1) Full name of the accreditation body,

      location, legal address, structure and staff.

      2) Name of the accredited educational organization,

      accredited educational programs, periods of

      accreditation, compliance with the standards (regulations) of accreditation,

      recommendations.

      3) Links to the Internet resource of the accreditation body, where

      reports on external audit of educational organizations or their educational programs.

      4) Information for the analysis of the fulfillment by the accreditation body of the Requirements for the accreditation body, approved in accordance with subparagraph 10) of Article 5 of the Law

      * The report shall beannually submitted by the accreditation body before July 15 of the year following the reporting year to the authorized body and heard at a meeting of the Council.

      The authorized body once every five years shall conduct an external assessment of the performance of the accreditation body.