The Forgotten Side of Quality: Quality of Education Construct Impact on Quality Assurance System

The paper probes the hypothesis that the quality of education construct used in the design and management of the quality assurance system led to its ineffectiveness and additional negative side-effects on the whole higher education.An alternative construct for the quality of education is submitted, to be used as a foundation for an improved quality of education law and quality assurance practice. The construct takes into account the needs of both beneficiaries and providers of education programs and also, the fact that some of the needs may not be fully acknowledged.