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Educational Management

Notes the only grant-giving agency in the country which has been vested with two responsibilities:
that of providing funds and that of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards
in institutions of higher education.
• To monitor standards of the higher educational institutions it has established the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) as an autonomous body, under section 12 (ccc)
of its Act in September 1994. NAAC is entrusted with the task of performance evaluation,
assessment and accreditation of Universities and Colleges in the Country.
• Assessment is a performance evaluation of an HEI and /or its units and is accomplished through
a process based on self-study and peer review using defined criteria. Accreditation refers to the
certification given by NAAC which is valid for a period of five years.
• All stakeholders have to be fully engaged in the endeavour of quality assurance of the HEIs.
• The efficacy of external quality assessment would therefore be determined by the effectiveness
of such institutional internal quality systems and processes.
• Maintaining the momentum of quality consciousness is crucial in HEIs. Internal Quality
Assurance Cell, in fact, is conceived as a mechanism to build and ensure a quality culture at the
institutional level. Every HEI should have an internal quality assurance system, with appropriate
structure and processes, and with enough flexibility to meet the diverse needs of the stakeholders.
• The IQAC should become a driving force for ushering in quality by working out intervention
strategies to remove deficiencies and enhance quality.
• He/ She may be assisted by a Director (in case of a university) or a Coordinator (in case of a
college) who shall be a senior faculty member.
27.7 Keywords

• Statutory : fixed by law, that must be done by law.
• accreditation : official approval given by an organization stating that somebody/something
has achieved a required standard.
• Nodal : a small hard mass of tissue, especially near a joint in the human.

27.8 Review Questions

1. Explain the guidelines to establish internal quality assurance cell (IQACs) in HEIs.
2. Write about the IQAC structure.
3. What are the composition of the IQAC.
4. What are the function of the IQAC ? Explain.
Answer : Self Assessment

1. (i) Catalytic improvement (ii) Initiatives
(iii) Decision making (iv) Financial support
27.9 Further Readings

1. The Principles and Practice of Educational Management: Tony Bush, Les Bell,
SAGE Publisher, 2002.
2. Educational Management : Strategy, Quality, and Resources, Margaret Preedy, Ron
Glatter, Publiser Open University Press, 1997.
3. Educational Management: Theory and Practice, J.A. Okumbe, Publisher Bairobi
University Press, 1998.

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