INTRODUCTION:
Development of a culture that recognizes the importance of quality and quality assurance is essential in institutions of higher learning. Quality assurance is a new paradigm of academic and administrative management. The changing educational landscape calls for setting up a formal and effective mechanism for the approval, periodic review, monitoring, evaluation and assessment of quality of the programmes in higher education institutions. It is in this vain that the proposal by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to establish Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been undertaken by every accredited institution of learning.
The quality assurance activities are not just limited to collecting data; rather it is also expected to analyze the data for enhancing quality, providing accountability, establishing stakeholder confidence and creating trust in the institution?s performance. Since quality assurance is a continuous process, IQAC is now becoming a central theme in Higher Education, ever endeavouring to work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.
OBJECTIVES:
IQAC is expected to fulfil the following objectives:
To develop and implement a strategy for conscious, consistent and continuous enhancement of quality to improve the academic and administrative performance and standards of the programmes of the institution.
To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture, accountability, and institutionalization of best practices and awards.
STRATEGIES:
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 and the credibility of evaluation procedures.
The adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services for Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.
FUNCTION:
The IQAC shall have the following functions:
Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of AMU.
Organization of workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
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