Аннотация
Object: Analysis of the essence of the concept of «quality assurance of education» and the definition of its methodological approaches to the existence and practical implementation. Methods: Methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative evaluation of strategic and regulatory documents. Results: The concept of «quality assurance of education» was introduced into the terminology of Kazakh higher education from the standards and guidelines of the European Network for Quality Assurance of Higher Education (ENQA) after the adoption of the parameters of the Bologna process. When analyzing the essence of the concept, special attention is paid to its characteristics, firstly, from the point of view of management, and secondly, as a system for improving the quality of education. Conclusions: Quality assurance of education in the form of management is the direction, organization and regulation of the impact on the quality of education. Quality assurance of education in the form of a system contains a set of interrelated and interacting elements that are provided at the institutional (internal), national and international (external) levels.