Internal quality Assurance Cell
As per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC becomes a part of the institution’s system and works towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.
The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions.
Introduction
In pursuance of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) constituted in the college as a quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the post-accreditation period, institutions need to channelize its efforts and measures towards promoting the holistic academic excellence including the peer committee recommendations.
The work of the IQAC is the first step towards internalization and institutionalization of quality enhancement initiatives. Its success depends upon the sense of belongingness and participation in all the constituents of the institution. It will not be yet another hierarchical structure or a record-keeping exercise in the institution. It will be a facilitative and participative voluntary system/unit/organ of the institution. It has the potential to become a vehicle for ushering in quality enhancement by working out planned interventionist strategies by IQAC to remove deficiencies and enhance quality like the “Quality Circles” in industries.
Goals & Vision of IQAC:
Mission:
- To channelize and systematize the efforts and measures towards academic excellence and to develop ethics in the students.
- To encourage departments to established students learning center environment to use ICT tools for teaching and learning process and to inculcate value-based education system.
- To develop an institutional data base & documentation of various activities leading to quality improvement.
- To promote teachers to upgrade their qualification encourage them to attend faculty development programmes & other curriculum enrichment programmes.
- To develop on ambience on the campus so that it enables the students to have free interaction with the academic & their classmates in the matter of academic affairs.
Objectives:
- To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
- To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
Strategies:
- To ensure quality of academic programs.
- To integrate modern methods of teaching and learning and monitor its effect on the student’s performance.
- To instill confidence and credibility of evaluation procedure among stakeholders.
