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Standards and Procedures - Overview
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Standards: A standard is written statement of a defined level of quality of care in the delivery of services or creation of a product that is required to meet the defined needs of intended beneficiaries or consumers. The term is sometimes used in school-based and school-linked programs and approaches. However, this project suggests that “standards” are more suitable to sectors such as health care, construction and manufacturing where the context, inputs, processes, outputs and eventual outcomes or benefits can be more precisely defined, expected, controlled and attributed to the standard. In education, health promotion and social development, the needs of students and populations vary considerably and compete with other urgent needs for resources. Further, the required processes (policies, programs and practices and combinations thereof) are not necessarily defined and the capacities and implementation processes to deliver them are often not sufficient or adequate. Retreating into a vaguely defined generalized wording such as having “a written standard” with little knowledge as to its clear meaning, impact, current uses or its feasibility in the real world is often meaningless. Consequently, standards should not be used to prescribe outcomes or outputs for complex, multi-level, multi-actor processes. Nevertheless, specific standards can be defined to specific practices such as school health services, the physical conditions and quality of construction of schools, washrooms or classrooms and specific practices of teachers such as taking attendance or enforcing dress codes.
Procedures define the steps to be followed by employees, volunteers or organizations in defined circumstances. They are often used within policies (e.g. annual reporting) or to adhere to legal or other compliance requirements. In education, most procedures are defined at the school or local education authority level but some, such as reporting suspected abuse or incidents are prescribed by education ministries. In health care, procedures are often defined at the individual professional level regarding patient care. This summary was first posted in March 2021 as a "first draft" version. The following individuals or organizations have contributed to the development of this topic.We encourage readers to submit comments or suggested edits by posting a comment on the Mini-blog & Discussion Page for this section or posting a comment below: Text
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