The second study visit within the ESQA project took place in the second week of June. Project partners met in Warsaw to learn about the structure of the internal and external quality assurance system in Polish vocational education.
The visit program, prepared by the Polish project leader – the Cooperation Fund Foundation, allowed participants to gain both a theoretical understanding of the Polish education system and quality assurance system and a practical understanding of the experiences of Warsaw vocational schools in this field. This was achieved through meetings at the Ministry of National Education, the Mazovian Education Board, and the National Center for Supporting Vocational and Continuing Education (KOWEZiU), as well as visits to vocational schools with diverse educational profiles – from computer science and mechatronics through phototechnics to food technology and gastronomy.
The Warsaw meeting concluded with an inspiring discussion at the Foundation’s headquarters summarizing the current visit and an invitation to a July partnership meeting in the United Kingdom and a subsequent study visit to Slovenia in September.
