Government of Karnataka

Directorate of Technical Education

WELCOMES
Principals, Institutional and Departmental NBA coordinators of
Polytechnics
For
One day Orientation work shop on Accreditation

INTRODUCTORY TALK

An Initiative by:
Sri H U Talawar
Director of Technical Education
Government Of Karnataka ,Bengaluru

Presentation
Satish R Huddar
Deputy Director- Statistics
 DAY ORIENTATION WORKSHOP ON PREPARATION FOR ACCREDITATION

Workshop Outcomes:

• Role of NBA, usefulness of accreditation, and processes associated

with accreditation.

• Introduction to SAR document and filling up of Criteria's in SAR

• SAR-Scheme of evaluation (Criteria wise), there by evaluating your

program before apply for accreditation

SESSION 1 Introduction and Preparing faculty for Filling up of SAR-discussions

SESSION 2 SAR-Scheme of evaluation -discussions and feedback

 NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION

Established in the year 1994 under Section 10 (u) of

AICTE Act.

NBA became Autonomous in January 2010 and in April 2013 the Memorandum of
Association and Rules of NBA were amended to make it completely independent of
AICTE, administratively as well as financially.

NBA is now independent in its functioning, decision making as well as financially: does
not receive any grant either from the government or from any regulatory body of
technical and higher education.
 General Policies on Accreditation

Programs, and not Institutions, are considered for

 Accreditation

Programs from which at least two batches of students have

 graduated will be considered

Programs should be offered by an educational Institution,

 which has been formally approved as an educational
Institution by concerned regulatory authority

Programs are considered for assessment and accreditation

 only at the written request of the educational institution and
after agreeing to abide by the NBA’s accreditation manual,
rules, regulations and notification issued from time to time
 Purpose of accreditation

• Not to find faults with the institution but to assess the

status-ante of the performance
• Not to denigrate the working style of the institution and its
programs but to provide a feed back on their strengths and
weaknesses
• Not to demarcate the boundaries of quality but to offer a
sensitizing process for continuous improvement in quality
provisions
• Not to select only institutions of national excellence but to
provide benchmarks of excellence and identification of good
practices

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 Benefits of Accreditation
• Facilitates continuous Quality Improvement
• Demonstrates accountability to the public
• Improves staff morale
• Recognizes the achievements/innovations
• Facilitates information sharing
• Priority in getting financial assistance Helps the
Institution to know its strengths, weaknesses and
opportunities
• Initiates Institutions into innovative and modern
methods of pedagogy
• Promotes intra and inter-Institutional interactions
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 What is SAR
(Self Assessment Report )
• SAR is compilation of such data and information pertaining to a given
program for its assessment (identifying strength and weaknesses) vis-à-vis
accomplishment of defined POs and PSOs by the college itself.
• SAR consists of
– Nine criteria's
– Criteria seeks information on Programme Educational Objectives,
Programme Outcome, Programme Curriculum, Students’ Performance,
Faculty Contributions, Facilities and Technical Support, Academic
Support Units and Teaching-Learning Process, Governance, Institutional
Support and Financial Resources, Continuous Improvement in
Attainment of Outcomes
– NBA reconfirms or differs from the assessment of the institution, using
a mechanism of peer review, in its evaluation report.

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 SAR- CONTENTS

Criteria Mark/
Criteria
No. Weightage

Program Level Criteria

1. Vision, Mission and Program Educational Objectives 50

2. Program Curriculum and Teaching–Learning Processes 200

3. Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes 100

4. Students’ Performance 200

5. Faculty Information and Contributions 150

6. Facilities and Technical Support 100

7. Continuous Improvement 75

8. Student Support Systems 50

9. Governance, Institutional Support and Financial Resources 75

Total 1000
 Accreditation Process

Preparation of Self-Assessment Report

Dates of Visit

• Once the institute submits its e-SAR through e-NBA, an instant automated
mail is sent back to the institute to suggest five sets of dates for visit by the
expert team
• NBA office selects one set of dates and communicates it to the institute.
After receiving the concurrence of the institute, the dates of visit are fixed
 ACKNOWLEDGE

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to

Sri.H.U.Talawar, Director of Technical Education, succeeded in
making one Government polytechnic accredidated in Karnataka and
initiated the process of accreditation in Karnataka Polytechnics
Domain & gave lot of inputs to do this presentation.

I express my deep sense of gratitude's to Sri.R.Manjunatha JD(CDC)

to provide an opportunity for present this before you

THANK YOU