SKU Self Study Report Volume I - 2015;
SKU Self Study Report Volume II - 2015;
AQAR Attachments;
IQAC / NAAC
In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, 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. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realisation 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, it will channelize all efforts and measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.
Goals:
- To develop a quality system for conscious, consistent and catalytic programmed 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.
Functions:
- Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of the Institution
- Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process
- Arrangement for feedback responses from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes
- Dissemination of information on the various quality parameters of higher education
- Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles
- Documentation of the various programmes/activities of the Institution, leading to quality improvement
- Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices
- Development and maintenance of Institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality
- Development of Quality Culture in Institution
- Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the Institution
based on the quality parameters/assessment criteria developed by the relevant quality assurance body (like NAAC, NBA, AB) in the prescribed format
- Bi-annual development of Quality Radars (QRs) and Ranking of Integral Units of the Institution based on the AQAR
- Interaction with SQACs in the pre and post accreditation quality assessment, sustenance and enhancement endeavours
Major Activities during 2011-12 to 2015-16:
- Preparation of Half-yearly performance report of the University at regular intervals for submission to the Hon’ble Chancellor of the State Universities, under copies to the Chairman, APSCHE and Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Evolved Key Performance Indicators for the University Departments once in 6 months and consolidated every year for review and further necessary action
- Facilitated the introduction of Choice Based Credit System with grading system (CGPA) with effect from 2013-14 and preparation of CBCS handbook
- Conducted a 5-day Orientation Programme in Office Management and Administration for the non-teaching staff (Junior and Senior Assistants) during March 2013
- Institutionalized the student feedback system of obtaining the feedback from students on teachers every year in an objective manner through computer lab established at the IQAC
- Analysis of the feedback from students on teachers sent to the individual teachers every year with specific suggestions for improvement, and the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor has reviewed the same from time to time
- Facilitated the formalization and implementation of activities on different fronts for enhancing the quality of higher education during the post-accreditation period, based on the observations of the NAAC peer team during 2009
- Facilitated the introduction of new academic programmes and improvement of infrastructural facilities in the University colleges from time to time