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Impact of EQA on Quality in Indian HEIs

Impact of EQA on Quality in Indian HEIs. APQN, Chinese Taipei April 08, 2013 By Dr. M. S. Shyamasundar Deputy Adviser National Assessment and Accreditation Council Bangalore, India. Overview of Indian Higher Education.

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Impact of EQA on Quality in Indian HEIs

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  1. Impact of EQA on Quality in Indian HEIs APQN, Chinese Taipei April 08, 2013 By Dr. M. S. ShyamasundarDeputy AdviserNational Assessment and Accreditation CouncilBangalore, India

  2. Overview of Indian Higher Education State-of-the-art and less-endowed HEIs co-exist side by side offering excellence and poverty of standards in about 681 universities, 37,000 colleges, 0.7 Million teachers and around 16 Million students of all hues and configurations Voluntary Accreditation Expansion- Excellence- Equity- Empowerment- Evolution

  3. Effects of QA Processes • Effectiveness of the efforts of HEIs from Accreditation to Re-accreditation • International collaborations of NAAC • Role of QA in policy making • Promulgation of healthy practices

  4. International connect and Networking • British Council / Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), UK • Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) • Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE), South Africa • Nepal Quality Assurance Agency • Commonwealth of Learning (COL) • UNESCO • International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) • Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) • Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) • Host to major international conferences on regular basis

  5. Issues of Concern • Increased demand on HE • Growing international competition from foreign universities • Admission of ineligible and below average students

  6. Challenges for QA • Diversity, size and complexity of HEIs • Accessibility of HEIs • Paucity of competent faculty members • Insufficient funds allocation

  7. Strategies to be implemented • Criteria to be adopted by the universities before they permit any HEI • The best quality teachers are to be recruited • More support from state governments, state councils for HE and parent universities for colleges • Comprehensive National Accreditation Act • Multiple Accrediting Agencies • Accreditation needs to be withdrawn

  8. Thank You Dr. M. S. Shyamasundar Bangalore, India shyam_naac@yahoo.co.in www.naac.gov.in

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