Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutes: A Study with Special Reference to Indian Scenario
| Author | A. T. Gaikwad,R. V. Kulkarni |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120140405 |
| Published date | 01 October 2014 |
| Date | 01 October 2014 |
ACCREDITATION OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTES: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO INDIAN SCENARIO
A. T. GAIKWAD AND R.
V.
KULKARNI
Quality enhancement through accrediting
of
the Institutes in
higher education sector is the need
of
the education sector
since
quality
awareness
has
been seen in the minds
of
stakeholders like parents, students, companies/employers and
society at large.
In
the country higher education has become
the important sector which shapes the academic career
of
the
youth. In India NAAC, NBA and ISO are widely accepted
accrediting agencies with number
of
Institutes going
for
accreditation. This trend is growing rapidly.
The awareness
of
quality in higher education has forced the
Institutions to go
for
accreditation from different bodies. The
accreditation has proved
to
be the measure
of
quality assurance
and enhancement. The students community
is
asking grade
of
the Institute before taking admission in Institutes. The strict
policies, scales, parameters to grade the Institutes is the
challenge before these agencies. The main focus
of
this article
is to study the procedure
of
the accreditation
and
their
requirements. The parameters used
to
measure the quality and
its application to the quality enhancement. The authors have
done the extensive study on NAAC procedure
for
accreditation
of
the Institutes.
INTRODUCTION
THE HIGHER education in India
is
in state
of
transition. The market
of
the higher education is increasing and attracting the stakeholders to take
the benefit
of
the global marketing in higher education sector. The Institutes
have to provide best education in minimum cost. The students also are
attracted to good Institutes only. In order to implement the quality measures
the agencies have to look into facility
of
infrastructure provided for training.
The quality
of
the faculty in terms
of
teaching capability and research
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