1. QUALITY INITIATIVE FOR ACCREDITATION Presentation on

2. NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION All India Council for Technical Education
AWARENESS
ABOUT
ACCREDITATION

3. Recognition and Guarantee of Minimum Quality
What is Accreditation ?
Recognition and Guarantee of Minimum Quality

4. What does Accreditation mean ?
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 institution, known to be honestly pursued and efficiently achieved by the resources currently available, with potential for continuous improvement in quality for effective growth.

5. Why was the NBA constituted ?
“ To periodically conduct evaluation of Technical Institutions or Programmes on the basis of Guidelines, Norms and Standards specified by it and to it, by AICTE or the council, or the commission, regarding
recognition and de-recognition
of the institution or programme.”

6. NBA Goal # 1
To develop a Quality Conscious system of Technical Education where
Excellence
relevance to market needs and
participation by all stake holders
are prime and major determinants.

7. NBA Goal # 2
NBA is dedicated to building a technical education system that will match the national goals of growth by
competence
contributions to economy through competitiveness and
compatibility to societal development.

8. NBA Goal # 3 NBA will provide Quality bench marks targeted at
Global and National Stockpile of
human capital
in all fields of technical education.

9. What is the Difference? AICTE Approval and NBA Accreditation between

10. Approval of AICTE for new institutions or for starting new programmes is based on:
Credibility of institutional Management and the programme providers.
Assurance of compliance to AICTE Norms and Standards
Prior approval by the state Government and university or other competent authority.
Market sensitivity of programme outputs, to avoid imbalance in supply of qualified manpower.

11. Under-graduate Programmes
Human Resources Faculty
Students
Finance & Physical Resource 120
Mission, Goals, Governance 80
Research & Development
Industry Institute Interaction 100
Supplementary Processes
Teaching Learning Processes
Total

12. Post-graduate Programmes
Human Resources Faculty
Students
Finance & Physical Resource
Mission, Goals
Research & Development
Industry Institute Interaction
Supplementary Process
Teaching Learning Processes
Total

13. For Diploma Programs Human Resources Faculty 200 Students 100
Finance & Physical Resource
Mission, Goals
Research & Development
Industry Institute Interaction
Supplementary Process
Teaching Learning Processes
Total

14. For all Programmes
The visiting Team assesses parameters, not obvious from quantitative data supplied
Academic Ambience and institutional morale
Level & Relevance of facilities and student work
Capacity of staff, their knowledge/practices
Assessment of student work in theory, practical, design /project work
Comprehension by management, staff and students of the issues, problems vide the goals.

15. What is the NBA’s Quality Grading ?
Accredited Programme for 5 Years
[when cumulative score is above 750]
signifies that programme meets and in most cases exceeds the criteria.
Accredited Programme for 3 Years
[when cumulative score is between 650 and 749]
Signifies that programme meets the minimum criteria with marginal deficiencies which can be rectified in a short time.

16. What is the NBA’s Quality Grading ?
Not Accredited
[when cumulative score is below 650]
Signifies that programme is not accredited in view of the seriousness of deficiencies.

17. What is not the purpose of Accreditation ?
Not to find faults with the institution but to assess the status-ante of the performance.
Not to denigrate the working style of the institution and its programmes but to provide a feedback on their strength and weaknesses.

18. What is not the purpose of Accreditation ?
Not to demarcate the boundaries of quality but to offer a sensitising process for continuous improvement in quality provisions
Not to select only institutions of national excellence but to provide benchmarks of excellence and identification of good practices.

19. What happens if there is no Accreditation ?
Accreditation of a course by the NBA or a college or University by the NAAC does not merely assure a better standard of delivery of Education but has serious ramifications in areas like Foreign Higher Education, Placements in Multi Nationals etc. 
         Under the GATS ( General Agreement on Trade and Services) Higher Education is a tradable "commodity " with countries "exporting" or "importing " education.    When the GATS regime crystallises ( as it is likely to in early 2005) courses accredited by the accrediting body of a country shall alone carry credibility and recognition in other countries.
     

20. What happens if there is no Accreditation ?
The National Board of Accreditation has proposed India's membership to the Washington Accord.It is likely to fructify within a short time. This will have major ramifications on all the students who aspire to  post graduate ( M.S.) from American Universites (or Universities in other signatory countries for that matter) 
         When India becomes a signatory to the Accord an Indian student of a non-accredited Engineering course may not be able to pursue his/her post graduation( the popular M. S. ) in the United States or other member countries.

21. THE PROCESS OF ACCREDITATION ?

22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 Institution Obtains priced publications
Manuals & Forms 2
Institution conducts
a self-study and
submits particulars
in two parts 3
NBA Secretariat
Scrutinises
application and
authorises visit 4
NBA Secretariat
constitutes visit
Team and details
of visit 5
Accreditation team
visits Institution
and makes
recommendations 6
Sectorial
committee
of NBA reviews
recommendations 7
Results submitted
to Executive
Council of
AICTE 9
Results are notified
in Directory of
Accredited
Programmes 8
Executive Council
of AICTE
approves the results
and authorises
notification

23. Who can apply for Accreditation by NBA ?
You can!
If your institution and the programmes are approved by the AICTE
and
if at least two batches of students have passed out of the programme

24. Which programmes come under Accreditation by NBA ?
All diploma, degree and post graduate Programmes in following disciplines are covered under NBA Accreditation !
Engineering and Technology
Management
Architecture
Pharmacy
Hotel Management and Catering Technology
Town and Country Planning
Applied Arts and Crafts

25. Let us all take
the
Quality
pledge
Today

26. ? Should we take a pledge I WILL FROM TODAY SAY WHAT I DO !
DO WHAT I SAY !!
DEMONSTRATE MY CAPABILITY
TO DO WHAT I SAY !!!
Should we
take a
pledge ?

27. We are there because the students are there

28. Quality Systems Co.
Enablers for Global Educational Institutions 
Thank You
Namaste
Prof. S Narasimha Rao, Vice President, Quality Systems Co.
23, Perumal Koil Street, West Mambalam, Chennai INDIA
Tel/Fax

29. Should we now go ahead and join hands to get the highest possible NBA Accreditation Certification Your Institution