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Permalink Reply by swati saxena on August 30, 2011 at 23:54

NBA-NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION What is Accreditation ?
Literally Accreditation means
	Recognition and gaurantee of minimum quality
For the NBA it means
	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 ?
If your institution and your programmes are accredited by NBA, you will
	be able to identify your programmes with excellence in technical education.
	be assured of conformity to good practices and bench marks of global requirements...
	be able to rate your programmes on a national platform to attract better student intake.
	be able to appraise yourself of your own facilities, faculty vis-a-vis performance.
	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
	"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
	for the parents, it signifies tha their child goes through a teaching-learning environment as per accepted good practices.
	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.
	for the employers, it signifies that the students passing out has competence based on well grounded technical inputs
	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.
	for the institution, it signifies its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for future growth.
	for the industry and infrastructure providers it signifies, identification of quality of institutional capabilities and Skills & Knowledge.
	for the country, it signifies confidence in the Suitability for sustaining stockpiles of market sensitive human capital and a pragmatic national development perspective.
	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
	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 output, to avoid imbalance in supply of qualified manpower.
Accreditation of the Institutional Programmes by NBA is based
	Availability of potential for sustaining and improving upon assessment criteria
	Recognition by all stake holders like the end-users, institutional products and the community at large
	Demonstrated capability of the institution and programme to adhere to the qualitative criteria of Accreditation
	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.
	The team of the above is selected from neighbouring states other than the state in which institute is located.
	Experts themselves withdraw from the accreditation exercise if they are involved with the institution in other capacities such as Advisor, Consultant, research, etc.....
CHAIRPERSON
	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
	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 ?
	The Chairpeson and the programme experts in consultation with the institution, agree to details of the visit based on NBA guidelines.
	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 ?
	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 strengths and weaknesses.
	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 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:
	It is not possible to sustain the present institutional growth rate and ensure maintenance of credible programmes.
	It is necessary to correct existing imbalances in generation of quality technical manpower.
	It is to ensure that the institute, indeed has and is likely to have in near future, the necessary resources for qualitative technical education.
	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:
1.	The institution obtains priced publications viz., manuals of Accreditation alongwith the Application form.
2.	The institution responds to the two part Questionnaire
	.	Part I - About Institution
		Part II - About Individual Programme.
3.	NBA's Secretariat
		scrutinises the application for adequacy of information, relevance and primafacie eligibiltiy for Accreditation
		seeks suitable dates for visit by the Accreditation Team.
		constitutes the Accreditation Team.
		prepares brief for the members of the team.
4.	Accreditation Team visit's the institution and makes recommendations.
5.	Team Recommendations are presented to the Sectorial Committee.
6.	The NBA considers the recommendations of the Sectorial Committee and
7.	The results are placed in the EC of AICTE for information.
8.	The results are notified and published in the Directory of Accredited Programmes of institutions.

 

 

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

 

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
	Engineering and Technology
	Management
	Architecture
	Pharmacy
	Hotel management and Catering Technology
	Town and Country Planning
	Applied Arts and Crafts



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Permalink Reply by Dr. Deepak Meena on September 2, 2011 at 19:11

good job..

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