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1. QUALITY ASSURANCE,
ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION
- In present days technological
society, large number of trained scientists and
technologists are required.
- To meet this demand, many new
institutions have been established recently/ are
being established even now.
- With rapid expansion of
institutions and students for higher education,
broadening of purpose and increased amount of
public funding involved, methodological
approaches were required for quality assurance.
- Quality assurance in higher
education is defined as the totality of the
system, resources and information devoted for
maintaining and improving the quality and
standards of teaching, learning, research and
scholarship.
- Assessment means the
performance evaluation based on certain criteria.
- Accreditation is a mechanism
by which both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions
of quality in higher education are addressed
through self-evaluation and peer review.
- Accreditation is a
self-regulation and peer review process, adopted
by educational community to improve and sustain
the quality and relevance of higher education.
- Accreditation differs from
recognition for funding where the emphasis is on
availability of minimum infrastructures.
- Recognition is one time
process, where as accreditation is a time bound
and recurring process.
- There may be institutional
accreditation or specialized program
accreditation.
- Accreditation may be
voluntary or compulsory.
- An institution/program can be
accredited by more than one agency.
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