QUALITY INDICATORS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS

General Supervision of Education, a central service of the Ministry of Education, bears the responsibility for monitoring the quality in education as far as every school is concerned, independently from its nature and educational level. This is carried out by means of methods of systematic monitoring and by examining educational practices, teachers’ professional attitude and integration of the school in the local community.

General Directory of Innovation and Curriculum Development, another central service of the Ministry of Education, has a permanent observatory for educational support which yearly collects data that permit to characterize and to monitor the education system in the field of special education.

Regional education services of the Ministry of Education also have the responsibility for follow up and monitoring led by teams of co-ordination of educational support.