A Comparative study of Accrediting Bodies in India with respect to Higher Institutes

Abstract

The Quality of education in India is a issue of concern due to large number of Institutes starting their courses in the Country. Various bodies are set up to check the quality of education in higher educational Institutes. The study is related with comparing the quality parameters of various accrediting bodies in India and suggest best way to make these Institutes best in quality . These Institutes are playing the important role in quality management. The Higher educational Institutes are now trying hard to manage and maintain quality at levels of educational activities. The awareness of quality in higher education has forced the Institutions to go for accreditation from different bodies. The accreditation has proved to be the measure of quality and students community is asking grade of the Institute before taking admission in to the courses in the country. The strict polices, scales, parameters to grade the Institutes is the challenge before these agencies. The main focus of this paper is to study the procedure of the accreditation and their requirements. The Quality is important factor to study . The parameters used to measure the quality. The Authors have done the extensive study on NAAC procedure for accreditation of the Institutes. The comparative study of quality parameters followed by NAAC, ISO and NBA are tabulated in the paper and its results are highlighted. The accrediting bodies have main role to play in coming years to accredited maximum Institutions in India and bring quality awareness among these Institutions. The Quality has number of parameters to check.