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is a recognition status granted for a stipulated period of time to a new program after an AQAC evaluation indicates that it meets or exceeds minimum thresholds of educational quality.
Accreditation is both a status and a process. It should provide a public certification of acceptable quality as well as the opportunity and incentive for self-improvement in the programs accredited.
The process of accreditation should provide higher education with an opportunity for critical self-analysis leading to improvement of quality; for consultation and advice from persons coming from other institutions.
Accreditation reflects the fact that in achieving recognition, the individual program is committed to development of an application and evaluation process. Not only to meet certain standards but also to continuously seek ways in which to enhance the quality of education. Therefore accreditation must be a process in different steps: the nine stepping-stones of accreditation are:
- Development of an Application
- Submission of Initial Documentation
- Preliminary Review of Initial Documentation
- Formative evaluation
- Evaluation process
- Site Visit
- Report Preparation
- Accreditation Decisions
- Dissemination
The result of the whole accreditation process is an accreditation report accessible by all stakeholders. If accreditation is to be accepted by all parties concerned the process must be completely transparent.
The accreditation process is based on the assessment of the program by subject and field specialists based on agreed upon criteria. The application form that you are about to fill is structured in two sections.
• Section A is focused on institutional information.
• Section B is focused on the program itself and is structured
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