Section C: Training and Assessment of Educational Work and Educators, European and International Educational Policy

Section C Training and Assessment of Educational Work and Educators, European and International Educational Policy is responsible for issues concerning:

• The professional development of teachers and education officials (training and accreditation of training actions)
• The assessment / evaluation of educational work and educators
• The monitoring and study of international and European educational policy.

Within its mandate, it registers, studies and collects data for every issue regarding primary and secondary education that requires monitoring and policy planning such as student dropout and early school leaving through a special Observatory. In the same framework, it proposes measures and actions for the timely and effective response to the country’s obligations arising from its participation in international programmes like PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) of OOSA and ICILS (International Computer and Information Literacy Study), it shapes and monitors indicators related to educational work, while at the same time, it cooperates with institutions of the Public Sector, universities and international organizations aiming at data exchange and their interpretation.

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