Students Unions: Controlling The Quality Of Education
Maintaining a high educational standard
Maintaining a high educational standard
The activity of most students unions is multilateral. There are a lot of control and support functions of these bodies of students self-government. Learners may turn to unions in order to consult a specialist concerning certain issues or to ask for advocacy in problem situations. It is important to raise the students awareness about the main functions of the unions in order to enhance the effectiveness of their activity.
One of the main functions of the present day unions is controlling the quality of education. The programs are aimed at maintaining a high educational standard. The fact is that members of the unions choose students for representing the college at competitions of local and country level. Controlling the students motivation and learning achievements the students unions increase the chances of the college to win in contests. Another reason for controlling the teaching-learning process is saving the face of the college. Its reputation is important for intake of new students.
Controlling function
It is not difficult for members of the students unions to control the achievements of their fellow students. On the one hand, they are involved in the teaching-learning process and it is difficult to deceive them. On the other side, they might even know some underachieving or top students personally. Members of students unions may easily investigate all students tricks, as the gap between them and other learners is not so broad. The program of controlling the educational standards can be divided into several parts limited to control of separate courses.
The controlling function of unions may have a significant impact on the learning achievements of the students. Measures aimed at maintaining a high educational standard are:
peer-students tutoring;
improving students motivation for achieving better results;