Essentials of Outcome

Based Education &

Accreditation

Dr. E S M Suresh
Professor & Head,
Department of Civil Engineering
NITTTR, Chennai
 Overview of the Presentation

1. Outcome based Education

2. Concept of Accreditation
3. Benefits of Accreditation
4. Differences between Approval by AICTE and Accreditation by NBA
5. Differences between ISO 9000 series of Quality Standards and
NBA’s Accreditation criteria
6. Steps in the Accreditation Process
7. Accreditation Fee Structure
8. Self Assessment Report
9. Accreditation Visit
10. Academic Calendar
11. Course file

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 model of engineering education (+ accreditation)

Academic Quality Assessment is

System pivotal to learning
- and is a critical
➢ Knowledge element of
➢ Skills accreditation
➢ Behaviour and Attitudes
Student Graduate
Pedagogy
Intended learning outcomes
➢ Engineering knowledge
➢ Engineering skills
➢ Engineer behaviour
Academic Academic and attitudes
Operational Program
Environment

Accreditation must evaluate these three elements

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 Accreditation - Introduction

Accreditation is a formal recognition of

an educational program by an external
body on the basis of an assessment of
quality.

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 CONCEPT OF ACCREDITATION

➢ Recognition and Guarantee of minimum quality

➢ An act of certifying that a programme

conducted by an Engineering College
maintains certain set of standards

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 CONCEPT OF ACCREDITATION

A process of quality assurance, whereby a

programme is critically appraised at intervals to
verify that the programme meets the Norms &
Standards prescribed by the National Board of
Accreditation (NBA) from time to time.

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 CONCEPT OF ACCREDITATION

Accreditation of programmes in the Technical

education sector is done by National Board of
Accreditation (NBA).

Accreditation is accorded only to individual

programmes not to the Institution as a whole.
This is because the aspiring students will make
a choice to get admission in a specific
programme.

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
(i) Institution:
➢ Enriched corporate reputation – Brand Value
➢ Will become eligible to get funding from National &
International agencies
➢ Be eligible for various schemes of AICTE
➢ Can conduct short-term courses through ISTE / AICTE
➢ Will attract quality students
➢ Qualify for Autonomy or Deemed University status
➢ Will become eligible to apply for increase in student intake
after certain limit
➢ Can change higher fees for accredited programmes
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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
(i) Institution:
➢ Stimulates for self evaluation of Strengths & Weaknesses
and self improvement

➢ Be exempted from extension approval of AICTE during

period of validity for the accredited programmes

➢ Additional Intake

➢ Alumni share their experiences in Curricular revision

➢ Understand the Industrial Requirements and Technology

Enabled Learning
Contd.
➢ Continuous Improvement towards Excellence
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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

(ii) Students:

Teaching Learning Process meeting good

practices

Quality Education - The Degrees / Diplomas

will be accepted internationally. They can
avail transfer of credits

Increased chances of getting job placement

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

(iii) Alumni:

➢ Pride of having studied a programme

which is recognised as the best of its kind

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

(iv) Faculty:

➢ Pride in teaching an accredited programme

➢ Increased opportunities for training and

development

➢ Development of faculty Benefits, Career

Advancement, Research & Development,
Consultancy Projects
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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

(v) Society (Including Industries):

➢ Healthy competition among institutions in

providing quality education will result in
supply of quality Technicians / Engineers

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 Two sets of Criteria

Tier I Institutions Tier II Institutions

(well developed institutions) (Developing Institutions)

e.g. Autonomous Colleges e.g. Affiliated Colleges
University Departments

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 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN APPROVAL BY
AICTE & ACCREDITATION BY NBA

APPROVAL BY ACCREDITATION
ASPECT
AICTE BY NBA

1. Scope Approval is given for Accreditation is

the entire institution & given only for an
for each of the individual
programmes programme

2. Timing Before the Institution / Only after 3

Programme is batches of students
established have passed out

Contd.
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 APPROVAL BY ACCREDITATION BY
ASPECT
AICTE NBA

3. Focus ➢ Assurance of ➢ Quality of Actual

Compliance of Performance –
norms & standards Outputs and
(like land, building, Outcomes (Does it
equipment & faculty) exceed the norms?)
➢ Credibility of ➢ Focus is on Faculty,
programme provider Curriculum
(Trust / Society) (Objectives &
Outcomes), Teaching-
Learning-Evaluation
Process, Students,
Organization &
Governance and
Continuous
improvements
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 APPROVAL ACCREDITATION
ASPECT
BY AICTE BY NBA

4. Time spent by Few hours Three days

the visiting
team for
inspection

5. Frequency More of a one It is a regular ongoing

time process process (The
even though Programme has to be
renewals may reaccredited once in 5
be required years)

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 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISO 9000 SERIES OF QUALITY
STANDARDS AND NBA’S ACCREDITATION CRITERIA

ISO 9000 SERIES NBA’S

Sl.
ASPECT OF QUALITY ACCREDITATION
No.
STANDARDS CRITERIA
1. Frame of Reference Processes used to Products and
produce the product Services delivered
/ service and the processes
used
2. Eligibility for Even a newly started Eligible to apply only
applying for the college can apply after three batches of
Certification immediately after its students have passed
establishment out
3. Specificity Generic-applicable Applicable only to
to all industries technical education
institutions

Contd.
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 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISO 9000 SERIES OF QUALITY
STANDARDS AND NBA’S ACCREDITATION CRITERIA

ISO 9000 SERIES NBA’S

Sl.
ASPECT OF QUALITY ACCREDITATION
No.
STANDARDS CRITERIA
4. Scope Entire institution or A specific Degree
a whole department programme only
5. Quality Companies are free Specifies a minimal
Characteristics to define product set of student
quality attributes or
characteristics. This outcomes of
is based on the type individual programme
of product and the
nature of its use by
the customer

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 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

There are fifteen steps in the Accreditation process.

They are:
Submission of Self Assessment Report (SAR)
STEP 1: by the intending Institution in the format
prescribed by the NBA.

STEP 2: Identifying the Visiting Team (Evaluation

Committee) and Chairperson by NBA.

Contd.
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 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

STEP 3: Providing the Visiting Team with the SAR

STEP 4: Critical study of the SAR by the Visiting Team

STEP 5: Furnishing more information to the Visiting

Team by NBA (through correspondence).

Contd.
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 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

STEP 6: Visit to the Institution (Laboratories,

Libraries, Workshops and other
Infrastructure / facilities) as per schedule.

STEP 7: Discussions with the Management, Principal,

Deans and others enumerating the strengths
and weaknesses of the programmes.

Contd.
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 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

STEP 8: Discussions among members of the

Visiting Team followed by finalisation of
the Evaluation Report.

STEP 9: Submission of the Evaluation Report by the

Chairperson of the visiting Team to the
Accreditation Evaluation Committee (AEC).

STEP 10: Consideration of the Evaluation Report of the

Visiting Team by the AEC and forwarding of
the Report with its observations /
recommendations to the Executive Committee
of NBA.

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Contd…
 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

STEP 11: Consideration of the Visiting Team’s Evaluation

Report and the AEC’s observations /
recommendations by the Executive Committee of
the NBA.

STEP 12: Decision of the NBA on the status of

accreditation.

STEP 13: Communicating the accreditation decision

by NBA to the institution/college.

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Contd…
 STEPS IN THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS

STEP 14: Communication of the accreditation decision

to institution(s).

Entry into the Directory (to be published

STEP 15: annually) of the name of the Institution /
Programme(s), the Accreditation status and
the date of issue of Certificate.

Note:

The entire process will be repeated at the expiry

of the specified Accreditation period.

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 GRADING OF PROGRAMMES

Period of
Scores Status
validity
750 Points and above Accredited 5 Years
Provisionally
600 Points to 749 Points 2 Years
Accredited
Not Not
Below 600 Points
Accredited applicable

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 1. Accredited for 5 years:

The Programme gets the status ‘Accredited’ for

next 5 years from the date of issue of the letter from
NBA, if it gets a minimum score of 750 points

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 2. Provisionally Accredited for 2 years:

The Programme gets the status ‘Provisionally

Accredited’ for next 2 years from the date of
issue of the letter from NBA, if it gets a minimum
score of 600 points.

The institution may apply after overcoming the

weaknesses/ deficiencies to upgrade their status
to “Full Accreditation” of the Programme.

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 3. Not Accredited:

Deficiencies exist; Not ripe for Accreditation at

this stage

Total score awarded is less than 600

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 SELF ASSESSMENT REPORT (SAR)

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 GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF SAR

1. Provide the information in tabular form and /

or using bullets. Avoid detailed description.

2. In most cases, data have to be furnished for

last three consecutive years.

3. If not specified otherwise, the data requested

is meant to be the “Average”.

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 Accreditation of UG Engineering
Programmes by NBA
ABBREVIATIONS
CAY Current Academic year e.g., 2012-13

CAYm1 Current Academic year minus e.g., 2011-12

one
CAYm2 Current Academic year minus e.g., 2010-11
two
LYG Latest Year of Graduation e.g., 2008-09

LYGm1 Latest year of Graduation minus e.g., 2007-08

one
CFY Current Financial Year e.g., 2012-13

CFYm1 Current Financial Year minus one e.g., 2011-12

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 ACCREDITATION VISIT

COMPOSITION OF THE VISITING TEAM

I. Chairperson

II. Programme Experts – Two per programme

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 ACCREDITATION VISIT

DURATION OF THE VISIT

➢ 3 days

➢ Visit will be made on two working days

combined with a holiday

➢ Dates will be fixed in consultation with the

college

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 ACCREDITATION VISIT

ACTIVITIES DURING THE VISIT

1. Discussions with senior Administrators who

form part of the Management, including the
Vice-Chancellor (in case of University /
Constituent College) / Principal / Dean / Head of
the Department of the concerned programme.

2. Discussions with groups of faculty members,

and if necessary, individuals to assess
professional attitudes, commitment, morale and
intellectual atmosphere.
Contd.
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 ACTIVITIES DURING THE VISIT

3. Discussions with students, alumni and parents /

employers if available for obtaining their feedback.

4. Discussions with faculty members of support

Departments (like Mathematics, Physics).

5. Discussions with the supporting staff – both

administrative and technical.

6. Visit to laboratories, library, computer centre,

centre for extension activities, placement cell,
sports, medical and other facilities.
Contd.
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 ACTIVITIES DURING THE VISIT

7. Perusal of all the documents furnished by the

Department / Institution to support the claims made
in the SAR submitted to the NBA.

8. A final meeting with Senior Administrators and

others, to explain the strengths and weaknesses of
the programmes(s), as observed by the Visiting
Team. If the institution expresses a desire to
withdraw the programme(s) from being considered
for accreditation, the same may be permitted at this
stage.
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 SCHEDULE OF THE VISITING TEAM

The following is a typical schedule for the Visiting

Team, valid in all the cases expect in those of single
disciplinary programmes where the visit will be for two
days. However depending on the needs and
requirements of the institution, the schedule may be
altered by the Chairperson. Members will have post-
dinner meetings among themselves during the visit.

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 DAY ONE
09.00 – NBA visiting team to be received by University/Institutional
09.15 representatives

10.00 – Presentation on University/Institution by dean/head of the institution

10.15 Overview on governance, organizational structure, academic
infrastructure
Institutional financial resources and their effective utilization for
continuous quality improvement
Academic support units and their contributions to the programs
Overview on recent developments in education delivery, mentoring
and learning facilities
Q&A on the issues common to all Programmes

10.15- Tour of basic science and engineering laboratories, language laboratory and career
11.15 guidance facilities by Team A*
Tour of library, hostel facilities, sports facilities and other amenities by Team B*

*Team A and Team B are constituted by TC with one PE from each program and TC can
be member of any team
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 DAY ONE
11.30- Observe lecture and tutorial in progress
12.00

12.00 Presentation on Department Overview and UG (……….) program by Head of the

Department / Programme Coordinator
• Program Educational Objectives, participation of constituents, level of implementation
13.00 • Overview on Course content delivery, Course outcome assessment and evaluation
methods
• Overview on Assessment and Evaluation of Program Outcomes
• Curriculum design and revision, and Program specific criteria
• Academic performance of students, participation in professional activities and their
achievements
• Faculty development and research activities
 DAY ONE
13.00- Lunch
14.00
Tour of laboratory facilities, computing facilities, department library etc.
14.00- relevant to the program
15.00 Interview with concerned faculty / staff to evaluate:
• The laboratory facilities to conduct the curricular practical courses
• Availability of adequate technical supporting staff
• Adequacy of well-furnished lecture/tutorial/seminar halls to run the program

15.00- Review of Final year project report to evaluate their relevance to

15.30 Programme Outcomes

Interview with students to evaluate,

15.45-
effectiveness of Content delivery and assessment methods
16.30
participation in professional society activities / Club activities
Any other issues identified by the PEs related accreditation criteria
 DAY ONE
16.30- Meeting with Program Coordinator, Course Coordinator etc.
18.00 Evaluation of Content delivery methods and Course outcomes towards
attainment of POs
Improvements in the course content, delivery and assessment methods
based on level of attainment of COs and POs

18.00- Move back to Hotel

19.00
 DAY TWO
09.00 - NBA visiting team to be received by Head of the Department/Program
09.15 Coordinator

09.45 - Interview with faculty members to evaluate:

10.45 Faculty competency against program specific criteria
Updating of faculty domain knowledge
Faculty research, consultancy and Knowledge transfer
Documents pertained to faculty profile, faculty contributions
etc.
Any other issues identified by the PEs related accreditation
criteria

10.45 - Meeting with program coordinator/Head of the Department

11.30 Documents pertained to student academic performance, student
accomplishments etc.

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 DAY TWO

11.45- Interview with faculty/Board of studies /advisory board to evaluate

12.30 • Level of involvement of stakeholders in the programme development
• Consistency of PEOs with the mission of the department
• Level of Contributions of industry to programme

12.30 - Interview with sampled students (academic performance) to evaluate,

13.00 • Level of attainment of knowledge skills and attitudes

13.00- Lunch
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 DAY TWO
14.00- Meeting with Alumni of the programme
14.45 (graduates considered for the attainment of PEOs) to evaluate:
level of participation in the programme after the graduation
level of attainment of PEOs

14.45 - Meeting with Programme Coordinator/Head of the Department to

16.30 evaluate:
Check on remediation of shortcomings/improvements from
previous accreditation visit
Appropriateness of assessment tools used for POs and PEOs
Level of attainment of POs and PEOs
Check all the documents and evidences relevant to the
attainment of POs and PEOs

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 DAY TWO
16.30-17.30 Private meeting of PEs
Discussion among PEs for summarizing the observations
made during evaluation of day-1 and day-2 vis-à-vis
accreditation criteria

Meeting with programme coordinator/Head of the Department

for any further clarifications
17.30 -18.00

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 DAY THREE
09.00- NBA visiting team to be received by Head of the Institute/Dean
09.15

09.15- Prepare the exit-meeting statement by PEs and TC

10.30

10.30- Exit-meeting chaired by TC. Read the exit-meeting statements of all the
11.30 programmes

11.30- Submit visit report and close the visit activity

13.00

13.00- Lunch
14.00

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 DISCUSSION WITH FACULTY MEMBERS
➢ Work Load of Teaching Staff
➢ Provision of additional contents beyond the syllabus
➢ Scale of pay for different positions
➢ Sponsoring Staff for Higher education / Training
programmes
➢ Participation of faculty in seminars / Workshops and
Papers presented / IPRs obtained
➢ Membership in professional associations
➢ Performance Appraisal System
➢ Motivation of faculty by management
➢ Promotional Procedure
➢ Strengths and weaknesses of the institution
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 DISCUSSION WITH SUPPORTING STAFF

➢ Avenues for enhancing qualification

➢ Staff welfare
➢ Awareness of NBA accreditation
➢ Support of management (Annual get together)
➢ Extra-curricular activities
➢ Retirement benefits
➢ Strengths and weaknesses of the institution

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 DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS

➢ Facilities available for learning

➢ Feedback on Teaching and Evaluation process
➢ Feed back on Curriculum
➢ Provision of additional contents beyond the syllabus
➢ Safety aspects in labs and workshops
➢ Adequacy of Library facilities
➢ Computer facilities for students
➢ Quality of services (Canteen, Sports and Health Care)
➢ Transport Facilities
➢ Guest Lectures
➢ Industrial Visits
➢ Project work
➢ Student Services (Guidance, Counselling, Training and Placement)
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 DISCUSSION WITH ALUMNI

➢ Starting date of alumni association

➢ Strength of alumni
➢ Mobilisation of funds
➢ Activities of alumni association
➢ Impact of alumni activities on student development
➢ Frequency of alumni meeting
➢ Mode of interacting with alumni
➢ Strength of alumni-entrepreneurs
➢ Feedback on Curriculum and Teaching,
Learning-Evaluation process
➢ Feedback on Student Services

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 EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

➢ Departmental association
➢ Guest lectures organised
➢ Personality development (soft skills) programmes
➢ NSS activities
➢ NCC activities
➢ Organising state level seminars / workshops
➢ Placement services
➢ Placement records-verification

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 LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

➢ Availability of books related to curriculum and adequacy

➢ Traceability of books
➢ Availability of magazines & journals
➢ Availability of non-print type of learning resources –
Transparencies, slides, CBT packages etc.
➢ No. of library tickets issued to staff & students
➢ Utilisation of library by faculty – verification
➢ Budget allotment to library
➢ Purchase procedure for library books

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 SPORTS ACTIVITIES

➢ Sports facilities to student & staff

➢ Utilisation of sports & games facilities
➢ Achievement of students in sports & games
➢ Involvement of students in sports activities
➢ Future plans
➢ Health facilities – Medical check-up and first-Aid

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 ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF ASPECTS THAT WILL BE
FOCUSSED BY PROGRAMME EXPERTS DURING
THEIR VISIT TO THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENT

➢ Programme Educational Objectives – Their

Compliance and Outcomes
➢ Adequacy of classroom and lab. facilities
➢ Assessment of learning environment
➢ Lab. facilities related to curriculum
➢ Delivery of additional contents beyond the syllabus
➢ Working condition of machines and equipments
➢ Verification of observation notebooks and practical
records
➢ Assessment of record notebooks
➢ Observing theory classes
➢ Checking the course file of teachers
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 ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF ASPECTS THAT WILL BE
FOCUSSED BY PROGRAMME EXPERTS DURING
THEIR VISIT TO THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENT

➢ Counselling activities to weaker students

➢ Learning resources (Lab manual, Handouts)
➢ Utilisation of teaching Aids
➢ Availability of department library facility
➢ Verification of project work
➢ Process used for setting question papers
➢ Scheme of evaluation
➢ Evaluation of answer papers
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 SOME USEFUL TIPS

1. Spare copies of Reports sent to NBA have to be

kept ready
2. List of experiments done in the lab - Provision for
repetition of laboratory exercises for absentees -
Experiments done beyond those prescribed in
the curricula.
3. Timetable for each classroom
4. Timetable for each Laboratory
5. Student Records
6. Project Reports of Students
Contd.
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 SOME USEFUL TIPS

7. Display of Safety precautions in the laboratories

8. Question papers, Scheme of valuation and valued
answer papers
9. Classroom: Lighting, Ventilation and Facilities for
using AV Aids
10. Observing Teachers performance in a live class
11. Feedback collected from Students, Alumni,
Industries etc.

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 SOME USEFUL TIPS

12. Library: Working hours should complement

class hours

13. For Degree in Computer Engineering programme:

Software available should be licensed

14. Discussion with faculty, staff, students, alumni will

be done in the absence of Principal and HOD

15. Students’ Feedback on the Performance of faculty

and Supporting staff have to be collected using
structured instruments

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 Appendix – 2

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Illustrative list of items to be included in the

Academic Calendar of each programme:

1. Date of reopening
2. Timetable for each class / semester
3. Timetable for each classroom
4. Timetable for each laboratory

Contd.
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 Appendix – 2
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
5. Schedule of Dates on which:
(i) Tests will be conducted
(ii) Assignments have to be submitted
(iii) Seminars will be conducted
(iv) Guest lectures will be organised
(v) Local study visits to Industries and other
organisations will be made
(vi) In-plant training for students will be organised
(vii) Project work review meetings will be held
(viii) Departmental meetings will be conducted
(ix) Class committee meetings will be held
(x) Parent-teachers meetings will be conducted

6. Schedule for purchase of instructional resources

(Books, Teaching aids, Equipment, Consumables etc.)
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 Appendix – 3

COURSE FILE FOR EACH COURSE (SUBJECT)

The course file is to be maintained by the teacher teaching

the particular course.

Illustrative list of materials to be included in the course file:

1. Syllabus
2. List of Reference books and Text books
3. Lecture Handouts
4. Lesson Plans
5. OHP Transparencies

Contd.
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 Appendix – 3

COURSE FILE FOR EACH COURSE (SUBJECT)

6. Power Point Presentations

7. List of Charts, Models and other teaching aids
8. Question papers of University examinations of
past three or four years
9. Question papers for Internal assessment
10. Question bank

Contd.
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 Appendix – 3

COURSE FILE FOR EACH COURSE (SUBJECT)

In addition to the above items, the course file for laboratory

courses will include the following items also:

➢ Cycle of list of experiments

➢ Lab manual
➢ Criteria for evaluation of students’:
(i) Process of performance and
(ii) Product of performance

➢ Marks awarded to students’ laboratory records

➢ Handouts on safety precautions (Do’s and Don’ts)

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 Two sets of Criteria

Tier I Institutions Tier II Institutions

(well developed institutions) (Developing Institutions)

e.g. Autonomous Colleges e.g. Affiliated Colleges
University Departments

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 PARAMETERS

Each of the criteria described above has

been broken down into parameters, and
weightages have been assigned to these
parameters.

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 Accreditation Parameters:

•The parameters adopted by NBA for accreditation of

programmes are based on initial capabilities,

competence, skills, etc. keeping in mind the outcomes
desired by the profession concerned. These parameters
are called Graduates Attributes and they very from
discipline to discipline and level to level.
 GRADING OF PROGRAMMES

Period of
Scores Status
validity
750 Points and above Accredited 5 Years
Provisionally
600 Points to 749 Points 2 Years
Accredited
Not Not
Below 600 Points
Accredited applicable

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 New SAR TIER-II

Criteria
Criteria Mark/Weightage
No.

Program Level Criteria

1. Vision, Mission and Program Educational Objectives 60
2. Program Curriculum and Teaching – Learning Processes 120
3. Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes 120
4. Students’ Performance 150
5. Faculty Information and Contributions 200
6. Facilities and Technical Support 80
7. Continuous Improvement 50

Institute Level Criteria

8. 50
First Year Academics
9. Student Support Systems 50

10. Governance, Institutional Support and Financial Resources 120

Total 1000
Marks Comparison of revised SAR of
UG Engineering Tier-I & Tier II
UG Engineering
S. No. Criteria Tier-I Tier-II

1. Vision, Mission and Program Educational Objectives 50 60

2. Program Curriculum and Teaching – Learning Processes 100 120

3. Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes 175 120

4. StudeŶts’ PerforŵaŶce 100 150
5. Faculty Information and Contributions 200 200
6. Facilities and Technical Support 80 80
7. Continuous Improvement 75 50
8. First Year Academics 50 50
9. Student Support Systems 50 50
10. Governance, Institutional Support and Financial Resources 120 120

TOTAL 1000 1000

Tier – I Grades

■ ≈75% & Above ‘Y’

■ ≈ 60% and <75% ‘C’

■ ≈ 40% and <60% ‘W’

■ <40% ‘D’
 Award of Accreditation
Accreditation Status
Full Accreditation for 5 years
3 months time to overcome
weakness(es) for full
accreditation for 5 years
Provisional Accreditation for 2
years
No Accreditation
UG-TIER-I
Eligibility Criteria
Condition I- Deficiency (D) -0
Weakness (W)- 0
Concerns (C)- <2
Without concern (Y)-7
Condition II-
Deficiency(D)-0
Weakness (W)- <2
Concerns (C)- 0
Without concern (Y)-7
Deficiency- > 2
Without concern- 3 ( has full compliance)
However, a deficiency in Criterion - V (Faculty Contributions)
may not be recommended for accreditation.
In all such cases, the institute may submit a compliance report
after one year and request for a re-visit to assess compliance.
Deficiency - >2, Without concern- <3
Award of Accreditation
UG-TIER-II
Accreditation Status Eligibility Criteria
Full Accreditation for 750 points in aggregate out of 1000
5 years points with minimum score of 60% in
mandatory fields (criterion 1 and criteria
4 to 8)
Provisional The programme with a score of minimum
Accreditation for 2 600 points in aggregate
years

No Accreditation Less than 600 marks

 SAR TIER (II NEW)

■ For 2 years accreditation, the eligibility will be greater than or equal to

600 marks with minimum 40% marks in Faculty Information and
Contributions(Criterion 5)
AND
■ Availability of at least one professor or associate professor (as per
AICTE qualification) in the program.
 Compliance status to Pre-Visit Qualifiers
S.N. Pre Visit Qualifiers Existence Compliance
(Average of Assessment years) Status
Complied/Not
Complied
Essential qualifiers
1 Vision, Mission & PEOs
i. Are the Vision & Mission of the Department
stated in the Prospectus / Website?
ii. Are the PEOs of the Program listed in the
Prospectus / Website?

2 Whether approval of AICTE for the programs

under consideration has been obtained for all
the years including current year

3 Whether the Institute has received Zero

deficiency report from the regulatory authority
i.e AICTE, UGC etc. for the current academic
session.

4 Whether admissions in the undergraduate

programs at the Institute level has been more
than 50% *
(average of the last three assessment years)

5 Whether admissions in the undergraduate Program 1<name>: %

programs under consideration has been more Admission
than 50% ** Program 2<name>: %
(average of the last three assessment years) Admission
Program n<name>: %
Admission
6 Whether student faculty ratio in the Program 1<name>: SFR
programs under consideration is better
than or equal to 1:20 Program 2<name>: SFR
(average of the last three assessment
years) Program n<name>: SFR

7 Whether at least one Professor or one

Associate Professor available in the
respective Program/ Department

8 Whether number of available Ph.Ds in the

department exceeds 10% of the required
number of faculty

9 Whether the placement ratio (Placement

+ higher studies) is greater than 40%
(average of the last three assessment
years)

11 Whether two batches have passed out in

the programs under consideration
 Desirable parameters
1 Whether department has program assessment
and quality improvement committee. If so, its
constitution and mandate.

2 Whether the departments under consideration

receives separately earmarked funds for
i. Maintenance of Laboratory/computational
facilities(recurring funds)
ii. Up-gradation of laboratory/computation
facilities(non-recurring funds)

3 Whether HODs possess Ph.D degrees for the

programs under consideration

4 Whether number of available Ph.Ds in the

department exceeds 15% of the required number
of faculty

5 Whether admissions in the undergraduate

programs under consideration has been more
than 60%
(average of the last three assessment years)
 *Total number of students admitted in first year minus number of
students
migrated to other institutions, plus the number of students migrated to this
institution divided by the sanctioned intake.
**Total number of students admitted in first year in the respective program
minus
number of students migrated to other programs/ institutions plus the number of
students migrated to this program divided by the sanctioned intake in the
respective
program. Decision: If compliance status in all the cases is yes, then the institute shall
be treated as eligible for furnishing the e-SAR of the programs which may be
considered for accreditation as per procedure.