Accreditation Standards for Quality Governance in Education

What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a process of establishing competence of educational institution in delivering requisite elements of education covering curriculum, faculty, administration, student services etc.

The focus is on learning and self development to continually pursue excellence in delivery and management of a holistic education program aimed at overall development of the students.

Accreditation is awarded after carrying out structured assessment of compliance to the standard.

NIIT now brings -institutes in India the opportunity to assess their current status, improve the overall quality of the educational system and establish their competence by achieving and maintaining this standard.

Benefits for institutes:

• A distinctive mark of quality that accords recognition of the institute’s commitment to quality
• Enables institutes to provide holistic education for overall development of students
• Provides the framework and support system to help meet local, state, national and appropriate international requirements
• Demonstrates institute’s effectiveness to all the stakeholders and society at large.

Aspects of Quality Governance

The well laid out structured process of assessment is based on measurable 50 points check list of various parameters.

Institutes are stringently assessed and accredited on these 50 parameters broadly classified under three heads :

• Institute Governance
  • General
  • Leadership
  • Responsibility and authority
  • Accreditation Document(s)
  • Financial resources
  • Compliance to statutory and regulatory requirements

• Educational and support process
  • Human resources
  • Curriculum
  • Admissions policy
  • Learning environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Health and safety

• Performance measurement and improvement
  • General
  • Self assessment
  • Complaint Handling
  • Continual Improvement
  • Performance review

Accreditation is awarded, after carrying out structured assessment of compliance to the accreditation standard.

Process:

The accreditation process consists of the following steps: