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India gets 6 year membership extension at the Washington Accord, NBA accreditation
India gets 6 year membership extension at the Washington Accord | 20 June 2020 | 22 June 2020 |
The development will also encourage and facilitate the mobility of the Engineering professionals at the international level, the Minister added.
India has got an extension of the Permanent Signatory Status at the Washington Accord for six more years, Union Minister of Human Resources Development Ramesh Pokhriyal said. The minister further said that the membership of the Accord is a recognition of the quality undergraduate engineering provided in the country and will open future avenues for engineering education in the country. Glad to share that India has got the Permanent Signatory Status of the Washington Accord for a further period of six years, Pokhriyal wrote on his official twitter account. The minister also congratulated the entire country and the engineering professionals for the development. The minister also lauded the efforts made by the National Board of Accreditation which represents the country at the Washington Accord.
The membership is not only a recognition of the engineering education in the country but also will help it come on the world class level, Pokhriyal said. Membership at the Washington Accord can also be leveraged when it comes to the mobility of the Indian professionals around the world. The development will also encourage and facilitate the mobility of the Engineering professionals at the international level, the Minister added. Indian Engineering professionals who are engaged with the Information Technology sector have made the mark in multinational companies around the world. However, apart from the professional competence and skill set of the Indian professionals, increasing protectionism in countries like the United States and European region have raised concerns about the mobility of the Indian professionals. With the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic and the slowdown in the economy, fears have arisen that the mobility of Indian professionals will take another hit. – Courtesy
Centre to pump in Rs 1,000 crore, make accreditation must for all education institutes
Centre to pump in Rs 1,000 crore, make accreditation must for all education institutes Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN | Jul 14, 2019 |
- The ministry also proposed to invest Rs 1,012 crore by 2024 for these accreditation reforms and make the process mandatory for all institutions.
- For those institutions that do consistently well, incentives such as financial assistance, enhancement of programmes and autonomy, and participation in international rankings is also being proposed
NEW DELHI: With just 20% of higher education institutions and programmes on engineering, management, pharmacy and architecture in India accredited, the ministry of human resource development is moving to bring in multiple agencies for giving a boost to the accreditation process. The ministry also proposed to invest Rs 1,012 crore by 2024 for these accreditation reforms and make the process mandatory for all institutions. For those institutions that do consistently well, incentives such as financial assistance, enhancement of programmes and autonomy, and participation in international rankings is also being proposed. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) are the two major accreditation bodies for higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. Of the over 42,000 universities, colleges and standalone institutions, according to MHRD, only 8,700 have being accredited so far by NAAC, while of the 15,000 technical programmes just 3,050 are been accredited by the NBA.
Considering the huge diversity in standards, disciplines and academic culture among the 42,000 plus HEIs, the HRD ministry had recently proposed a number of measures, which include making accreditation for all the institutions mandatory by 2024 and attaching “visible penalties” for failure to improve standards. The five-year vision document of HRD ministry for higher education states: “Considering the ambitious objective …, it is obvious that the current framework that has only two major accreditation agencies is far from adequate …. While these agencies should be empowered to enhance their capacities, it is imperative that we expand the capacity and reach of the accreditation framework further…” Citing the existing notified regulations and guidelines through a gazette notification (in August 2018) for setting up multiple agencies, the ministry, according to a senior HRD official, is proposing to expand the accreditation network by creating agencies for accreditation and quality certification based on broad disciplines – law, medical, and nursing, etc, and regions and states. In order to bring 80% of HEIs into the net of quality assurance by 2014, the ministry proposed categorisation of institution into different levels of quality with A1 as the highest level which is = 3.26 (NAAC) or six years of accreditation by NBA, followed by A2 which is 3.26 (NAAC) or three years of accreditation by NBA. The subsequent levels are AC1 (meets pre-qualifiers for A2/A1, but not accredited) and AC2 (falls short of pre-qualification but exceeds other specified benchmarks). As per the plan, categorisation of the institutions is to establish a mentoring system for non-accredited HEIs. “Thereafter, to expand the capacity of NAAC and NBA by setting up multiple agencies of accreditation, create national agencies in the public domain for accreditation and benchmarking, based on several disciplines (law, medical and allied fields, regions, etc.),” the vision document said. The ‘Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme: Five Year Vision Plan 2019-24’, accessed by TOI, also stated that “Institutions that fail to either come up to the minimum qualifier levels (benchmarks for AC2) within a given time-frame, or failing to achieve accreditation at an appropriate level, should be viewed by the concerned regulatory agencies with very serious concern, and some of their programmes may be suitably toned down (for a specified period) or even closed, if deemed fit.” – Courtesy
HRD sends list of premiere engineering institutions to Kuwait following invalidation of IIT degrees
HRD sends list of premiere engineering institutions to Kuwait following invalidation of IIT degrees | Business Standard | Press Trust of India | New Delhi | 30 June 2019 |
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The HRD Ministry has sent a list of premiere engineering institutes in the country to Kuwait authorities where thousands of Indian engineers, including IITians, are staring at possible job losses after the Gulf country decided to recognise degrees only if India’s NBA approved of the courses they studied. The Public Authority for Manpower, a government body in Kuwait, had last year issued a circular asking the labour department to not give work permits to expatriate engineers unless they got no-objection certificates from the Kuwait Engineers Society. For India, engineers were to be issued no-objection certificates only if the course had been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The Ministry of Human Resource Development has since then been receiving representations from Indian engineers working in Kuwait regarding this.
“A high-level Indian delegation had visited Kuwait to understand and resolve the issue and after discussion with the Kuwait authorities, it was decided to send them lists of ‘Non-NBA premier institute’ and ‘Institutes of National Importance’ which has been sent to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait for onward submission to Kuwait authorities,” a senior HRD Ministry official said. The NBA accredits engineering courses while the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredits universities and general colleges. The decision by Kuwait authorities has also brought degrees by prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the invalidation scanner. “The IITs, IISc and JU have never taken accreditation from the NBA for their engineering courses. Many of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are yet to take accreditation for their BTech courses,” the official explained. The NBA, earlier a wing of technical education regulator All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), has been in existence since the 1990s but became an autonomous body in 2010. It has so far given accreditation to courses offered by 600 institutions among total 3,500 that teach technical courses. – Courtesy
15 percent engineering departments fail to get NBA accreditation
DNA | Oct 26, 2017 |
For institutions to apply for accreditation, they have to meet certain pre-qualifying criteria with the Board
Fifteen percent of the various departments in engineering colleges across the country have failed to get accreditation from National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in the last two years. NBA accreditation is given to specific programmes run by professional institutions like Engineering, Management and Pharmacy, which then decides government’s criteria of giving more funding for a government institution and increase in seats for private and government institutes. For institutions to apply for accreditation, they have to meet certain pre-qualifying criteria with the Board. According to the data shared by NBA, 10 per cent of the departments that had applied were not even able to fulfil those criteria, which included basis things like having a 1:20 teacher to student ratio, either two professors or one professor and an associate professor in the department. “Everyone is aware that the condition of engineering education is not good in our country but many don’t know that the quality is accessed on the basis of departments as well. For example, an IIT might be the best engineering institution in the country but its Civil Engineering or Electronic Engineering Department might not be able to get an NBA Accreditation. Even as it is tough to get an NBA accreditation, one expects at least an IIT department to get it,” said a senior official in NBA. According to sources in the Board, the central government is now planning to link autonomy of technical institutions to their NBA accreditation so that the institutions work more on improving the quality of their departments.
“Even when NBA accreditation is given to a programme or department and not to an institution as a whole, the Ministry of Human Resource Department is working on a plan to link accreditation to autonomy. This would depend on the number of programmes that have been given accreditation or the points that they have been awarded to them. Ministry feels by doing so, institutions will work harder to improve every department, ” said a source in the Ministry. The accreditation is given for 3-6 years after which departments take their own time in reapplying for the accreditation but now the Board is going to renew it only on the basis of the compliance report from the departments. “They will get accreditation only if the compliance report is up to the mark, so that there is a continuous process followed by these institutions,” said the officer in NBA.
Linking autonomy
According to sources in the Board, the central government is now planning to link autonomy of technical institutions to their NBA accreditation so that the institutions work more on improving the quality of their departments. – Courtesy
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CUSAT’s School of Engineering set for a Giant leap ; Washington Accord; NBA, Kerala
By Revathi Rajeevan | Published: 26th June 2014. The Indian Express.
KOCHI: School of Engineering (SOE) of Cochin University of Science and Technology is only a step away from being recognised by the Washington Accord. The institution has approached the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for Tier 1 status and once approved, the graduates will be recognised as having met the academic requirements for the practice of engineering in 16-member countries of Washington Accord.
Currently, no institution in the state has NBA Tier 1 accredited programmes.
Washington Accord is an international agreement among bodies responsible for accrediting engineering degree programmes which recognises the substantial equivalency of programmes accredited by the member bodies. The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) became a signatory of the accord representing India on June 13. Any programme offered by an institution that is accredited by the NBA as Tier 1 will be recognised by other signatories in the accord.
School of Engineering has applied for a Tier 1 NBA accreditation for its programmes in seven streams – Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Fire Technology and Safety, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering.
“It will be an outcome-based accreditation. The NBA officials will visit the campus and assess the quality of the programmes offered in terms of the quality of engineers. Surveys will be conducted among the graduated students and parents. A report on the same should also be submitted by us as self-assessment. It could take about six months to one year,” said G Madhu, Principal, SOE.
Tier I is for technical programmes in institutions with autonomy to review the content of curriculum and make changes as a result of recommendations from accreditation visits. These institutions have the financial and academic independence to engage in continuous improvement actions in the local settings and need not wait for the approval of outside bodies. No other institution in the state has applied for the Tier 1 accreditation so far.
“Once the NBA Tier 1 accreditation is granted, the programmes with such an accreditation will by default be recognised as equivalent to those offered by the bodies of other member countries in the Washington Accord. But this is not a life-time accreditation.
It is given only for a period of time and is conditional,” said an NBA official in New Delhi.
The status gives a better mobility to engineers on a national and international level.
In future, it could also be a criteria for allowance of specific grants from bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education, MHRD and University Grants Commission.
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