What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a process of quality assurance and improvement, whereby a programme in an approved Institution is critically appraised to verify that the Institution or the programme continues to meet and/or exceed the Norms and Standards prescribed by regulator from time to time. It is a kind of recognition which indicates that a programme or Institution fulfills certain standards. The purpose and impact of accreditation goes far beyond quality assurance of an Institution and its programs.

Major impacts of Accreditation system :

• Encourages quality improvement initiatives by Institutions. 
• Improves student enrollment both in terms of quality and quantity. 
• Helps the Institution in securing necessary funds and Enhances employability of graduates. 
• Facilitates transnational recognition of degrees and mobility of graduates and professionals. 
• Motivates faculty to participate actively in academic and related Institutional / departmental activities. 
• Helps create sound and challenging academic environment in the Institution, and Contributes to social and economic development of the country by producing high quality technical manpower.
• A tool that stakeholders use to monitor, assess and evaluate the standards and quality of the education a student receives at a college, university or other institution of higher learning.

• Offers the highest quality education available; 
• Strengthens consumer’s confidence, employers value degrees of an accredited program the most; 
• Helps institutions to know their strengths, weaknesses and opportunities, pushes them to continuously improve their programs and give them a new sense of direction, identity and targets; 
• Institution/programme demonstrates accountability to the public, commitment to excellence and continuous quality improvement.