WorldBankLearningSeminarQualityAssuranceinTertiary.pptVIP

World Bank Learning SeminarQuality Assurance in Tertiary Education(CIEP, Sevres, France, June 18-20, 2006) Welcome to presentation by Prof. V. S. Prasad Director, NAAC, India Higher education system in India: The context Long history of advanced education Hindu - Gurukulas; Buddhist - Viharas; Quaremic - Madarasas Modern institutions of Higher Education: 1857 Three universities at Bombay (Mumbai) , Madras(Chennai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) Large size 356??? - Universities (includes Central, State, Private, Deemed and Institutions of National Importance) 17625 – Colleges (Includes affiliated, constituent, autonomous, public aided and private etc.) 10.5 million students (Source: University Grants Commission, India) Huge Diversity Higher Education is in the concurrent list. National and provincial Governments have a role of play in this sector; Higher education mostly is in public domain (80% publicly funded and 20% privately funded); Different types of higher education institutions in size, resources, systems of governance and ownership External Quality Assurance Agencies Frequently used terms and their context specific meanings Quality as “fitness for purpose” – ability to meet the stated purpose of education Quality Assurance as “a process of continuous quality improvement” Assessment is “a process of evaluation of performance of an institution of Higher Learning and/or its units, based on certain established criteria” Accreditation is “certification of assessment given by the NAAC which is valid for a stated period of time and the recognition accorded to an institution that meets standards or satisfies criteria laid down by a competent agency” Criteria as “predetermined standards for the functioning of an institution of Higher Education that form the basis of assessment and accreditation” Role of NAAC To assess and accredit institutions of higher education in India 128 Universities and 2879