IQAC Stella Mary's College of Engineering, Nagercoil

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Introduction

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore proposes that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation quality sustenance measure, in pursuance of its action plan in terms of performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education. The IQAC is a part of the institution’s system and work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance, since quality enhancement is a continuous process. The key task of the IQAC is to evolve a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. IQAC will channelize all efforts and measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence, during the post-accreditation period.

The first step towards internalization and institutionalization of quality enhancement initiatives is the work of the IQAC. In all the constituents of the institution, its success depends upon the sense of belongingness and participation that it can implant. The IQAC will be a facilitative and participative voluntary system of the institution and it also has the potential to become a vehicle for steering in quality enhancement in terms of working out planned interventionist strategies thereby removing deficiencies and enhancing quality.

Objective & Strategies

Objective

The primary goal of IQAC is

To evolve a system to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution for a conscious, consistent and catalytic action.
To endorse measures essential for the quality enhancement of the institutional functioning through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices

Strategies

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for

Making sure of a well-timed, proficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
The significance and quality of academic an research programmes.
Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
Optimizing and combining modern methods of teaching and learning.
The credibility of evaluation procedures.
Making certain the sufficiency, maintenance and proper allotment of support structure and services.
Knowledge sharing with other institutions in India and abroad, in the field of research and networking.

Functions & Benefits

Functions

The functions of the IQAC are,

Developing and applying quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
Making possible the creation of a learner-centric environment favourable for quality education and also the very much needed faculty maturation to take up the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process.
Making arrangements for feedback response from students and parents on quality-related institutional processes.
Disseminating the information on various quality parameters of higher education.
Organizing inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars that are focussed on quality based themes and the promotion of quality circles.
Documenting the different programmes/activities that lead to quality improvement.
Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution that coordinates quality-related activities.
Developing and maintaining the institutional database through MIS for the purpose of keeping up /enhancing the quality of the institution.
Developing Quality Culture in the institution.
Preparing the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per NAAC guidelines and submit to NAAC.

Benefits

IQAC will ease / add to

Ensuring a heightened level of clarity and focus in the institutional functioning towards quality enhancement.
Ensuring internalization of the quality culture.
Ensuring improvement and synchronization among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all best practices.
Providing a strong footing for decision-making to improve institutional functioning.
Building an systematic procedure of documentation and internal communication.