NAAC Peer Team Visit 2021 - Questions & Answers

Are you trying to get your college accredited? Are you looking for the NAAC peer team visit 2021 questions and answers? Don't know what to expect during the visit? Don’t worry; we got you covered. EduSys has narrowed down to the most commonly asked Q&A and listed them down below.

The vision and mission of NAAC articulate to improving the nature of education and institutions offering it. Preserving the quality of education is a significant concentration and most elevated need for receiving the accreditation. In the event that your institution has accepted and strived to give quality academics. While getting ready for the NAAC peer team visit, there are numerous things over which you don't have full oversight. Be that as it may, there are sure estimates you can take and things you can do to be set up for a visit. So it's imperative to screen every single activity happening in the institution alongside its proficiency. Educational ERP Software can help you with that regard.

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List of NAAC Peer Team Visit 2021 Q & A

What is NAAC?

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to assess and accredit institutions of higher education in the country. Now, as per recent decision, NAAC will function as an autonomous and independent body and will report directly to the HRD Ministry.

What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a voluntary system of evaluation of higher education institutions and programs. It is based on self-evaluation and peer-assessment for improvement of academic quality and public accountability. Accreditation assures those higher education institutions and their units, schools, or programs meet appropriate standards of quality and integrity.

what sort of Accreditation will NAAC provide?

NAAC provides accreditation of institutions and individual departments. NAAC provides accreditation on a five-point scale for a period of Five years and the institutions can go in for improvement in their grade through an assessment process after two years of initial accreditation.

Why go in for Accreditation?

Accreditation is the best self-assessment benchmark which is also endorsed by an outside agency of experts giving it utmost credibility. It helps to differentiate institutes among the peers. The outcome of the process is useful to the students and parents in making a choice of the institution, and to the funding agencies and other bodies to make decisions on formulating policies.

What is the process of obtaining accreditation?

Both the agencies expect at the outset for the institutions to provide a statement of intention and later procure the respective application forms to provide detailed assessment of the schools. The process also includes visit by a team of experts from the agencies after which the accreditation would be provided.

What is AQAR?

AQAR is Annual Quality Assurance Report to be submitted annually by the university to NAAC for a period of July 1, 20xx to June 30, 20yy in a format supplied by the NAAC.

What is SSR?

SSR is the Self Study Report to be submitted by the university to NAAC for accreditation or reaccreditation. It is done once in 5 years. SSR is submitted within 6 months from the date of acceptance of Letter of Intent by the university. SSR should be uploaded on PU website 1 month prior to submission.

What is IQAC?

Internal Quality Assurance Cell is a cell proposed by NAAC for every accredited institution for quality sustenance initiatives.

What is the AQAR?

Annual Quality Assurance Report – (AQAR) is a yearly report, which should be submitted to NAAC every year by all Accredited Institutions as per the format prescribed.

What is the use of AQAR?

AQAR is a useful document which gives overall picture of the institutional growth in all the seven criteria’s identified by NAAC. It also provides systematic data with respect to various improvements to be taken up by the institution.

How will we receive the acknowledgement?

The e-mail Acknowledgement copy will be sent by AQAR section within 15 working days from the date of submission of online AQAR by the institution.

Whether the institution should keep the AQAR copy for reference?

Yes, it is always suggested to save the final copy for institutional future reference. One copy may be kept at Principal / Head of Institution room and other copy at IQAC centre and one more copy with NAAC coordinator at institution.