ISO 21001:2018
Educational Organizations Management System

What is ISO 21001:2018 Educational Organizations Management System?

ISO 21001:2018 is the first International Management System Standard. It provides a common management tool for organizations providing educational products and services capable of meeting learners’ and other beneficiaries’ requirements.

  • It Focuses on the management systems of educational organizations and the impact these have on learners and other relevant interested parties.

  • It can be implemented along with other standards/documents.

  • This applies to any organization that uses a curriculum to develop competence, irrespective of type, size, or delivery method.

  • This Standard aims to standardize or prioritize the education management system.

  • It is based on ISO 9001 Quality Management System, but it provides a specific framework for educational organizations.

  • It intends to help educational providers meet students’ requirements and needs.

  • Enhance the specification of their learners by improving the educational processes.

What are the requirements of ISO 21001?

3 High-Level Requirements of ISO 21001: -

  1. An educational organization shall focus on using a curriculum that enables proficiency development through teaching, learning, or research, irrespective of the nature, scale, or implementation procedure.

  2. Demonstrate its potential to work on the gradual development of proficiency through teaching, training, learning, and research.

  3. Enhance the learners’ satisfaction, i.e., the pupils and other beneficiaries, staff, or personnel.

Why is ISO 21001 important for the Education Sector?

This standard focuses on the specific interaction between an educational organization, the learner, and other customers. Current educational processes increasingly focus on co-creation, where the traditional customer-supplier relationship is refined into a collaborative partnership. This standard will guide how to deliver quality in this challenging new environment.

Benefits of ISO 21001

  • Better alignment of educational mission, vision, objectives, and action plans.

  • Inclusive and equitable quality education for all.

  • Promotion of self-learning and lifelong learning opportunities.

  • More personalized learning and effective response to special educational needs.

  • Consistent processes and evaluation tools to demonstrate increased effectiveness and efficiency.

  • Increased credibility of the educational organization.

  • Recognized means to enable organizations to demonstrate commitment to education management practices in the most effective manner.

  • A benchmark and model for improvement.

  • Widened participation of interested parties.

  • Stimulation of excellence and innovation.