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| What
is Accreditation ? |
| Literally
Accreditation means |
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Recognition
and gaurantee of minimum quality |
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the NBA it means |
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A
process of quality assurance, giving credit where it is due for some
clearly visible and demonstrable
strategies of academic activities and objectives of the institutions,
known to be honestly pursued and
efficiently achieved by the resources currently available with a potential
for continuous improvement in
quality for effective growth. |
| Why
should institutions go for Accreditation by NBA ? |
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your institution and your programmes are accredited by NBA, you will |
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be
able to identify your programmes with excellence in technical education. |
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be
assured of conformity to good practices and bench marks of global
requirements... |
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be
able to rate your programmes on a national platform to attract better
student intake. |
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be
able to appraise yourself of your own facilities, faculty vis-a-vis
performance. |
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be
a satisfied vendor of human capital to world-class employesr and other
stake holders. |
| How
was the NBA Constituted ? |
National
Board of Accreditation (NBA) was constituted by the All India Council
for Technical Education (AICTE), as an
Autonomous Body, under Section 10(u) of the AICTE Act,1987 |
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"To
periodically conduct evaluation of technical Institutions or Programmes
on the basis of guidelines,
Norms and Standards specified by it and to make recommendations to
it, AICTE or to the Council, or to the Commission or to the other
bodies, regarding recognition or de-recognition of the institution
or
programme." |
| What
are the goals of NBA ? |
To
develop a Quality Conscious system of Technical Education where excellence,
relevance to market needs and
participation by all stake holders are prime the major determinants.
NBA is dedicated to building a technical education
system, as vendors of human resources, that will match the national
goals of growth by competence, contributions to
economy through competitiveness and compatibility to societal development.
NBA will provide the Quality bench marks
targeted at Global and National Stockpile of human capital in all
fields of technical education. |
| What
does Accreditation signify ? |
| Accreditation
signifies different things to different stake holders |
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for
the parents, it signifies tha their child goes through a teaching-learning
environment as per accepted good
practices. |
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for
the students, it signifies that he has entered the portals of an institutions,
which has the essential and
desirable features of Quality Professional Education. |
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for
the employers, it signifies that the students passing out has competence
based on well grounded technical
inputs |
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for
AICTE , it signifies that the institutional performance is based assessment
through a competent body of
Quality assessors, with of Strengths & Weaknesses emanating as
a feedback for policy-making. |
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for
the institution, it signifies its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities
for future growth. |
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for
the industry and infrastructure providers it signifies, identification
of quality of institutional capabilities and
Skills & Knowledge. |
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for
the country, it signifies confidence in the Suitability for sustaining
stockpiles of market sensitive human
capital and a pragmatic national development perspective. |
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for
the alumni, it signifies attachment through the pride of passing out
with credentials. |
| What
is the difference between AICTE approval and NBA Accreditation ? |
| Approval
of AICTE for new Institutions or for starting new programmes is based
on |
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Credibility
of Institutional Management and the Programme providers. |
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Assurance
of Compliance to AICTE Norms and Standards. |
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Prior
approval by the State Government and University or other competent
authority. |
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Market
sensitivity of programme output, to avoid imbalance in supply of qualified
manpower. |
| Accreditation
of the Institutional Programmes by NBA is based |
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Availability
of potential for sustaining and improving upon assessment criteria |
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Recognition
by all stake holders like the end-users, institutional products and
the community at large |
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Demonstrated
capability of the institution and programme to adhere to the qualitative
criteria of Accreditation |
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Assessement
by peer groups of NBA experts through a visit to the institution and
making relevant
recommendations to the NBA. |
| What
is the Composition of visiting Accreditation Team ? |
The
Visiting Accreditation Team consists of a chairperson and two programme
experts, one of them being from industry or
end-user organisation. The team members are either senior academics
or engineers, who are selected on the basis of
their high standings in the profession. |
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The
team of the above is selected from neighbouring states other than
the state in which institute is located. |
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Experts
themselves withdraw from the accreditation exercise if they are involved
with the institution in other
capacities such as Advisor, Consultant, research, etc..... |
| CHAIRPERSON |
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The
Chairperson once the Accreditation Team is constituted is an autonomous
authority, who has the overall
responsibility for the visit at the end of which to prepare the consolidated
Team report for submission to the
Sectorial Committee. |
| PROGRAMME
EXPERT |
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The
programme Expert are responsible for assessing the individual programmes
with reference to the criteria
laid down for Accreditation of the undergraduate / past-graduate programmes. |
| How
is assessment done ? |
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The
Chairpeson and the programme experts in consultation with the institution,
agree to details of the visit based on
NBA guidelines. |
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The
Team carries out physical verification of infrastructure facilities,
records, interviews faculty, staff, students, alumni, industry and
any other activity deemed necessary and ensure transparency. |
| What
is not the purpose of Accreditation ? |
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Not
to find
faults with the institution but to assess the status-ante of the performance. |
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Not
to denigrate
the working style of the institution and its programmes but to provide
a feedback on their strengths and
weaknesses. |
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Not
to demarcate
the boundaries of quality but to offer a sensitising process for continuous
improvement in quality provisions. |
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Not
to select
only institutions of national excellence but to provide the benchmarks
of excellence and identification of good practices. |
| What
happens if there is no Accreditation ? |
The
Accreditation process has been developed as a sensitive tool for Quality
Assurance in technical education, because
without it: |
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It
is not possible to sustain the present institutional growth rate and
ensure maintenance of credible programmes. |
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It
is necessary to correct existing imbalances in generation of quality
technical manpower. |
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It
is to ensure that the institute, indeed has and is likely to have
in near future, the necessary resources for
qualitative technical education. |
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It
is to ensure that the institutional products meet industry requirements
but are acceptable human resource in
global job market sector. |
| What
is the process of Accreditation ? |
| Accreditation
of institutional programmes go through various stages of the process
detailed below: |
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The
institution obtains priced publications viz., manuals of Accreditation
alongwith the Application form. |
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The
institution responds to the two part Questionnaire |
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Part
I - About Institution |
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Part
II - About Individual Programme. |
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3.
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NBA's
Secretariat |
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scrutinises
the application for adequacy of information, relevance and primafacie
eligibiltiy for
Accreditation |
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seeks
suitable dates for visit by the Accreditation Team. |
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constitutes
the Accreditation Team. |
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prepares
brief for the members of the team. |
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4.
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Accreditation
Team visit's the institution and makes recommendations. |
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5.
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Team
Recommendations are presented to the Sectorial Committee. |
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6.
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The
NBA considers the recommendations of the Sectorial Committee and |
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7.
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The
results are placed in the EC of AICTE for information. |
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8.
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The
results are notified and published in the Directory of Accredited
Programmes of institutions. |
| Who
can apply for Accreditation by NBA ? |
| You
can |
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If
your institution and the programmes are approved by the AICTE |
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If
atleast two batches of students have passed out of the programme.
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| Which
programmes come under Accreditation by NBA ? |
Under
the provisions of the AICTE Act of 1987 all diploma, degree and post
graduate programmes coming under the
following disciplines are covered under Accreditation by NBA |
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Engineering
and Technology |
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Management |
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Architecture |
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Pharmacy |
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Hotel
management and Catering Technology |
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Town
and Country Planning |
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Applied
Arts and Crafts |
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