IQAC
IQAC
In pursuance of its Action Plan for
performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation
of institutions of higher education, the National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC), Bangalore proposes that every accredited institution should
establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation
quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process,
the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards
realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task
of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic
improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the
post-accreditation period, it will channelize all efforts and measures of the
institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.
Objective
The Goal of IQAC is:
• To develop a system for conscious,
consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative
performance of the institution.
• To promote measures for institutional
functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality
culture and institutionalization of best practices.
Strategies
IQAC Work For:
• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive
performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;
• The relevance and quality of academic and
research programmes;
• Equitable access to and affordability of
academic programmes for various sections of society;
• Optimization and integration of modern
methods of teaching and learning;
• The credibility of evaluation procedures;
• Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and
proper allocation of support structure and services;
• Sharing of research findings and networking
with other institutions in India and abroad.
Function
Functions of the IQAC are:
• Development and application of quality
benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the
institution;
• Facilitating the creation of a
learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty
maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory
teaching and learning process;
• Arrangement for feedback response from
students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional
processes;
• Dissemination of information on various
quality parameters of higher education;
• Organization of inter and intra
institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of
quality circles;
• Documentation of the various
programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
• Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution
for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and
dissemination of best practices;
Benefits
IQAC will Contribute:
• Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus
in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement; • Ensure
internalization of the quality culture;
• Ensure enhancement and coordination among
various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices;
• Provide a sound basis for decision-making to
improve institutional functioning;
• Act as a dynamic system for quality changes
in HEIs;
• Documentation of the various
programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
• Build an organized methodology of
documentation and internal communication.
COMPOSITION
ADMINISTRATIVE & ACADEMIC AUDIT
