Thursday handed Rikrevisjonen its examination of implementation in higher education to parliament.
The quality reform of higher education was implemented in 2003 with management and study measures to get more people to complete their studies, and to a greater degree in the normal time.
No effect
The OAG concludes that the completion rate is as low as ten years ago, and that the reforms have not had any effect.
– The Ministry should follow up to ensure that educational institutions implement appropriate measures and achieve improvements, says Auditor General Per-Kristian Foss.
In 2011-2013 were annually obtained 45.5 credits on average per full-time student, only 1.5 points more than in 2003. Implementation in the stipulated time requires 60 credits per year. This means a delay of almost a half for every second year, according to OAG.
– Not a good reference for universities
Only 40 percent of bachelor students completing the prescribed time, and only 36 percent of graduate students completing the prescribed time.
– It is disturbing that the master students at Norwegian universities have such poor implementation, it is not a good reference for universities, said Foss during the press conference today.
There is little difference in the universities for the high / low implementation time.
Dropping out in Norway
Meanwhile, high dropout rates Norwegian campuses high in relation to 18 other OECD countries. Norway is among the OECD countries with the lowest implementation in higher education.
Only Sweden, USA and Hungary have a lower proportion who participate in higher education with at least one degree than Norway.
Norway completes 59 percent studies, while the average among the 18 countries is 68 percent. Japan and Denmark have the highest proportion who complete, 90 and 81 percent.
– Expectations for reform are not met; it is still an important task for both the Ministry and the institutions to achieve better academic accomplishment and less dropout, says Foss.
The survey covers the period 2011-2013.
Miss feedback
It is not the first time the Quality Reform has been criticized. It would include giving students better follow-up, while a survey by NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education) showed that Norwegian students are not necessarily so happy.
It showed that:
- 42 percent are not satisfied with the individualized follow-up.
- 28 percent are not satisfied with the feedback they receive on their own work.
Want mentor scheme students
The head of the Norwegian student organization (NSO), Anders Kvernmo Langset, says OAG’s investigation traps a dramatic indictment of higher education in Norway.
– We ask big questions about the Quality Reform has worked. One of the purposes was to ensure closer monitoring of students. 12 years after showing NOKUT surveys that we have the same challenges. Follow-up studies and individual feedback is that most students are dissatisfied with, he said.
NSO wants arrangements where students not only perceived as guests on campuses, but as active participants in an academic environment.
– We want a mentoring scheme for all students, each student receives an assigned subjects sat ensuring follow-up from baseline. A defined relationship where students know who their mentor as they can get professional feedback, he said.
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