Quality Assurance Unit for Alternative Higher Education

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE UNITS (IQAU)

It is expected to establish Internal Quality Assurance Units (IQAU) in each ATI as a measure to ensure the sustenance of quality.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE IQAU:

The primary objective of establishing the IQAU is to ensure continuous improvement the academic and administrative performance of the institution.

The Functions of the IQAU:

Acting as a nodal centre of the ATI for quality assurance activities

Ensuring the preparation of self evaluation reports for external quality assessments and submitting them to the Quality Assurance ad Accreditation Council to conduct external quality assessments

Ensuring that external quality assessments are carried out from time to time

Facilitating the conduction of external quality assessments

Recording and monitoring quality measures of the ATI

Arrange for feedback responses from students, staff, alumni, potential employers and other stakeholders for quality–related institutional processes

Retrieval of Information on various best practices followed by other Institutions and taking action to implement them in the Institution

Development and application of innovative practices leading to quality enhancement

Organization of workshops and seminars on themes related to quality assurance

Strategies

Strategies of the IQAU are as follows.

Ensuring efficient performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks

Integrating modern methods of teaching, learning and assessment

Ensuring the adequacy, functioning and maintenance of support structures and services

Benefits

IQAU contributes

towards quality enhancement of the academic and administrative activities of the ATI

to the development of a quality culture within the institution

to the enhancement and integration of various activities of the institution for institutionalizing many good practices

towards a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning

to better internal communication