Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, which continues its quality process consistently, is getting ready for the EFQM Excellence Model, which is a new step in the quality process. KAEU, which has shown great success in quality studies, started to receive EFQM Excellence Model Training. Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, Turkish Quality Association (KALDER) Instructor Salih Arıman, Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, Quality Management Coordination Team, and quality representatives attended the training which was held in Ahi Evran Congress and Culture Center Süleyman Türkmani Meeting Hall between 7-8 March 2022.

Rector Karakaya: “Our Priority in Quality is Change in Classes”

Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who made the opening speech of the training, said that their primary goal in quality is the change in classes, said, "I do not believe that the process that does not change the classes positively is quality."  Rector Karakaya, who explained that the quality journey of KAEU started in 2016, stated that all the staff of KAEU are devoted to this process. Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who also gave information about the quality process of Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, continued his speech as follows: “When we started the quality process in 2016, we gave priority to human-mind design because the variable of man is education. The output of universities is education. We should give quality education to our students so that change can spread to every field. The Quality Assurance System in Education of KAEU was founded based on this idea and we have come a long way in this direction. When you look at it, education is the basis of all sectors. If we graduate by giving quality education to our young people, the sector will be high quality.”

Rector of KAEU Prof Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who noted that they aimed to place quality, which is one of the most important needs of Turkey, in our country, emphasized that they have proven their success in quality studies with patent and registration procedures. Rector Karakaya said that Quality and Ahi-order are identical with each other and added that they are getting better in their journey of quality in the land of Ahi Evran-ı Veli. Wishing the EFQM Excellence Model Training to be beneficial for our university, Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya also wished success to all his staff who would work for the EFQM Excellence Model.

After the opening speech of KAEU Rector Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, KALDER Instructor Salih Arıman gave information about the EFQM Excellence Model. Arıman explained that the EFQM Excellence Model was a management model that was developed by the European Foundation for Quality Management with a group of people from industry and academy and announced to the whole world in 1991. Arıman continued his speech as follows: “The EFQM Model reveals how the updated content, the data created based on the insights obtained from the organizations, and the good practices that bring a new perspective to the global trends and changes that reshape the world we live in, reflect with a modern understanding. The EFQM Model will help your organizations achieve success by measuring where you are on the journey to create sustainable value. It will empower you to move forward and significantly improve the performance of the organization while helping you understand the difference and possible solutions available.”

After the training of KALDER Instructor Salih Arıman, the questions of the participants were answered.