ISO 21001 ISO 21001 ISO 21001, Educational Organization Management Systems, is published international standard by the International Organization for Standardization, and released in early 2018. It is intended provide a common management tool for organizations providing educational products and services capable of meeting learner and other customer requirements and needs. It is a stand-alone management system standard, based on ISO 9001 (without being a sector application), and aligned with other ISO management system standards through the application of the High Level Structure. ISO 21001 focuses on the specific interaction between an educational organization, the learner, customers and other relevant interested parties. ISO
ISO 9000 modified to allow the standard to integrate more easily with other international management systems standards. The new ISO 9001:2015 management system standard helps ensure that consumers get reliable, desired quality goods and services. This further increases benefits for a business. The 2015 version is also less prescriptive than its predecessors and focuses on performance. This was achieved by combining the process approach with risk-based thinking, and employing the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle at all levels in the organization. Some of the key changes include: Two types of auditing are required to become registered to the standard: auditing by an external certification body