Managing the quality of higher education and its impact on economic development - Kosovo case
| Author | Bashkim Bellaqa |
| Position | University of Mitrovica, 'Isa Boletini'Kosovo |
| Pages | 72-82 |
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Managing the qualit
y
of higher education and its impact on economic
d
eve
l
opment - Kosovo case
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bashkim Bella
qa
U
niversity o
f
Mitrovica, “
I
sa Boletini”Kosovo
Ab
str
a
ct
The Republic of Kosovo is still facing a number of challenges related to the country's sustainable
economic development, where one of the challenges is related to the management of an
inaduqate quality of education. Raising the quality management of education is considered
as one of the most important issues in order to have a sustainable economic development.
Therefore, Kosovo needs to consolidate and develop the education system at an appropriate
level in order to provide employee absorption for the labor market not only by the local market
b
ut also by the international market. The purpose of this article is to present the education trends
in Kosovo according to levels and with a special view of higher education, a theoretical look
on the role of higher education in economic development, absorption capacities of the labor
market for graduates in higher education, the separation of the state budget in education, the
management of the quality of higher education and its impact on the economic development
of the country and at the end of this paper to present the conclusions of the scientifi c paper and
the recommendations for the future in the fi eld of hi
g
her education
.
K
e
y
words:
M
anagment, development, economics, education, policy
.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
E
ducation is a
p
rimar
y
f
actor in economic growth through its im
p
act on building and
a
dvancing human ca
p
acities where the bene
fi
ts o
f
education cannot onl
y
be seen
f
or
t
he educated
p
erson but can also be seen
f
or the econom
y
as a whole. The education
s
y
stem in Kosovo has been
f
acing di
culties over the
y
ears, soit’sim
p
ortant to
f
ocus
on the contem
p
oraneous as it conse
q
uents the
p
ros
p
ects o
f
tomorrow. So how can
we build a
q
ualit
y
education with direct results
f
or the
f
uture o
f
y
ounger generations
in Kosovo?
A
lthough the Ministr
y
o
f
E
ducation, Science and Technolog
y
(M
E
ST)
h
as
p
re
p
ared several strategies over the last decade, but still insu
cient in terms
o
f
raising
q
ualit
y
in education.
E
ducational strategies
p
re
p
ared b
y
M
E
ST in Kosovo
need to be clearer in terms o
f
vision, mission and objectives.
I
nvestment in education
is still unsatis
f
actor
y
, with 4.88% share o
f
s
p
ending on education as
p
art o
f
the
G
ross Domestic Pro
d
uct (GDP), T
h
e e
d
ucationa
l
strateg
y
s
h
ou
ld
h
ave in min
d
t
h
e
develo
p
ment o
f
a
q
ualit
y
education s
y
stem that will
p
rovide objectives and measures
related to im
p
roving the
q
ualit
y
o
f
teaching and learning as its main objective. Higher
e
ducation has been and is a motor o
f
economic
g
rowth, albeit hi
g
her education needs
t
o res
p
ond to the market needs.
I
n the last decade in Kosovo, the number o
f
p
ublic and
p
rivate institutions o
f
higher education has increased, there
f
ore it has been re
f
ormed
in the
p
re
p
arator
y
, structural and organizational as
p
ects.. The main objective and
p
ur
p
ose o
f
this stud
y
is to anal
y
ze the relationshi
p
between higher education and
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