The percentage of courses judged to be "satisfactory with commendation" rose over the past year by nine per cent to 84 per cent, reflecting the hard work undertaken by institutes and students to maintain and improve the quality of their courses.
Annual monitoring is a system operated by The National Youth Agency to ensure the continuing quality of programmes that have been professionally validated. It provides the opportunity for institutions to show how their courses are developing and gives an indication of overall trends in the education and training of youth and community workers.
The report includes clear evidence that students' comments and feedback are being taken into account in the development of courses. Also highlighted is good evidence of programmes actively seeking advice from fieldwork practitioners in order to keep courses as contemporary as possible.
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