Prof' Prasad Krishna

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ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA
Prof. Prasad Krishna Advisor, Bureau of Quality
Assurance, AICTE
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OVERVIEW

• INTRODUCTION
• EXPANSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
• QA THROUGH ACCREDITATION
• QA THROUGH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
• QA THROUGH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• CHALLENGES

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INTRODUCTION

• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
  was set up in 1945 as an Advisory body.
• AICTE as Statutory body under Act of Parliament
  on 23 December 1987.
• Mandate of AICTE
• Planning and Coordinated development of technical
  education system
• Promotion of Quality in Technical Education
• Regulation and Maintenance of Norms and Standards

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TECHNICAL EDUCATION COVERS

• Programmes of education, research and training
  in -
• Engineering Technology,
• Architecture,
• Town Planning,
• Management,
• Pharmacy,
• Hotel Mgt. Catering Technology
• Applied Arts and Crafts, and Other related areas
  in Eng. Technology.

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MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
AICTE
7 IITs
7 IIMs
4 NITTTRs
20 NITs
4 IIITs
IISc Bangalore IISER (3)
Others ISM, Dhanbad SPA, Delhi NIFFT,
Ranchi NITIE, Mumbai SLIET, Punjab NERIST,
Itanagar EdCIL
Degree Engg. Tech. (1668) Diploma Engg.
Tech. (1414) Degree Pharmacy (854) Diploma
Pharmacy (583) Management (1149) Degree HMCT
(81) Diploma HMCT (92) MCA (1017) Degree
Architecture (116 ) Diploma Architecture
(5) Degree Applied Arts and Crafts (9) Diploma
Applied Arts and Crafts (8)
4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship/Training
No. of Institutions (as on 31.08.2007) in
bracket
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Growth of Technical Education as on 31st August
2007
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Details of Sanctioned Intake in Technical
Education as on 31st August 2007
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• QUALITY ASSURANCE

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QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Quality is assured at two levels
• Statutory and time bound Approval Process to
  ensure maintenance of Norms and Standards
• Periodic Accreditation of programmes

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QA THROUGH ACCREDITATION
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NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION

• AICTE established National Board of Accreditation
  (NBA) in 1994
• NBA has a detailed and documented accreditation
  procedure.
• The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), the
  Quality Assurance Organ of the AICTE, has become
  a provisional member of the prestigious
  Washington Accord on 20th June, 2007.

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ACCREDITATION OF PROGRAMMES

• Three-step process
• Submission of the Institutional and
  Programme-related Profiles
• Validation of the Profiles by a Visiting Team of
  NBA experts through on-site visits
• Evaluation of Expert Committee reports by
  concerned Sectoral Committee and submission to
  NBA for final decision.

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ACCREDITATION CRITERIA

• Accreditation is assessed on a 1000-point scale
  based on an eight point criteria

Domains of evaluation Institution,
Departments, Activity.
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GRADING SYSTEM TO ACCREDITATION STATUS
ACCREDITATION STATUS w.e.f January 1, 2003

• Minimum of 50 marks must be obtained for the
  following three criterion, for a program to
  qualify for accreditation (Diploma Degree)
•         Human Resource
  Faculty
•         Human Resources Students
•         Teaching Learning Process
• For M.E./M.Tech programs, minimum requirement 65
  in the above three criterion and RD component

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FOR UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMME
Tea.-Lea Pro 350
Human Res. Faculty Staff 200
Suppl.Pro 50
Students 100

RD and Interaction Effort. 100
Phy. Res. 50
Financial Resources 70
Mission, Goals 80
FOR POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME
Tea.-Lea Pro 250
Human Res. Faculty Staff 200
Suppl.Pro 50
Phy. Res. 50
Students 100
RD and Interaction Effort. 250
Financial Resource 70
Mission, Goals 30
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ACCREDITATION OF PROGRAMMES
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BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

• Seek financial grants by AICTE under schemes like
  RD, TAPTEC, MODROBS etc.
• Commence short term courses through ISTE QIP
  programmes
• Qualify for Autonomy Deemed to be University
  status
• Exemption from extension of approval during the
  period of validity for the accredited program
• Only eligible accredited institutions will be
  considered for Increase in intake
• International Recognition

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QA THROUGH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
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SCHEMES FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT (FD)

• Travel Grant
• Seminar Grant
• Staff Development Programme (SDP)
• Early Faculty Induction Programme (EFIP)
• Visiting Professorship Scheme
• Emeritus Fellowship
• Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)
• Short Term Training Programme (STTP)
• PG Scholarship Scheme
• National Doctoral Fellowship (NDF)
• Career Award for Young Teachers
• AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship

Contd
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QA THROUGH RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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SCHEMES FOR RESEARCH INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(RID)

• All India Boards of Studies
• Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC)
• Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC)
• Research Promotion Scheme (RPS)
• Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence
  (MODROBS)

Contd..
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SCHEMES FOR RESEARCH INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(RID)

• National Facilities in Engineering Technology
  with Industrial Collaboration (NAFETIC)
• Nationally Coordinated Projects (NCP)
• Indian National Digital Library in Engineering,
  Science and Technology (AICTE - INDEST
  Consortium)
• Scholarship to meritorious students for pursuing
  PG and Doctoral Studies

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NBA Washington Accord
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MOTIVATIONS OF BEING A WA SIGNATORY

• India being the largest provider of scientific
  and technical manpower across the globe,
  Recognition of our accredited programmes by WA
  Signatories and facilitating Registration as
  Professional Engineer in member countries will
  ensure supply of globally competitive engineering
  professionals.
• India is already a provisional member of
  Engineering Mobility Agreements. WA membership is
  a prerequisite for membership of EMF.
• As several students from the Middle East, Africa,
  Brazil and South East Asian countries pursue
  studies in India, WA Membership will provide
  greater assurance to foreign Students that their
  degrees will be recognized when they return home
  or take up work in other countries.
• More than 50000 students from India pursue PG
  studies every year in US, UK, Australia, Canada,
  New Zealand etc. and more than 1,000,00 seek
  employment every year Recognition of Indian
  accreditation system will ensure that only
  quality graduates enter these countries for
  studies and employment.

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STATUS OF WA MEMBERSHIP

• In the 8th biennial meeting of the International
  Engineering Meetings 2007 at Washington DC, USA
  held during 17-22 June 2007, NBA of AICTE was
  accorded provisional membership of the Washington
  Accord.
• The signatories to the Washington Accord look
  forward to working with NBA-AICTE over the next
  few years, benchmarking best practices,
  collaborating in accreditation process
  development, and in establishing the experience
  required for full membership.
• By conferring provisional status, the signatories
  have indicated their confidence that NBA-AICTE
  has the potential capability to reach full
  signatory status.
• With this membership, NBAs accreditation system
  gets international recognition.
• The country is given two years of time to bring
  its Academic Programmes, curriculum and syllabus,
  examination and evaluation system to the
  International level and revise its accreditation
  system to make it fully outcome based.

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• REVISED ACCREDITATION CRITERIA
• Human Resources-Students
• Human Resources-Faculty Staff
• Programme Educational Objectives
• Programme outcomes and assessments
• Teaching Learning Process
• Physical and Financial Resources
• Organization and Governance
• Programme Criteria
• Each criterion is evaluated by a peer team based
  on a five point scale varying from 1-5.

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Program Educational Objectives
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Program Outcomes

• Program outcomes are statements that describe
  what students are expected to know and be able to
  do by the time of graduation. These relate to
  the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that student
  acquire in their matriculation through the
  program.
• Engineering programs must demonstrate that their
  students attain
• an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics,
  science, and engineering
• an ability to design and conduct experiments, as
  well as to analyze and interpret data
• an ability to design a system, component, or
  process to meet desired needs within realistic
  constraints such as economic, environmental,
  social, political, ethical, health and safety,
  manufacturability, and sustainability
• an ability to function on multi-disciplinary
  teams
• an ability to identify, formulate, and solve
  engineering problems
• an understanding of professional and ethical
  responsibility
• an ability to communicate effectively
• the broad education necessary to understand the
  impact of engineering solutions in a global,
  economic, environmental, and societal context
• a recognition of the need for, and an ability to
  engage in life-long learning
• a knowledge of contemporary issues
• an ability to use the techniques, skills, and
  modern engineering tools necessary for
  engineering practice.

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PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR MECHANICAL AND SIMILARLY
NAMED ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

• Lead Society Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Curriculum
• The program must demonstrate that graduates have
  knowledge of chemistry and calculus-based
  physics with depth in at least one the ability
  to apply advanced mathematics through
  multivariate calculus and differential equations
  familiarity with statistics and linear algebra
  the ability to work professionally in both
  thermal and mechanical systems areas including
  the design and realization of such systems.
• Faculty
• The program must demonstrate that faculty members
  responsible for the upper-level professional

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CHALLENGES

• Problems of Access, Equity Inclusion, Relevance,
  Quality
• University Affiliation system
• Lack of Horizontal and vertical mobility of
  students
• Faculty shortage
• 0nly 25 employability
• Poor Response to accreditation
• Lack of good governance
• Insufficient Thrust on VET
• Quality education imparted in few institutions
• Mismatch of demand and supply in quality manpower
• Large funds flow to few institutions
• Inadequacy in Quality ManpowerIT, Biotechnology,
  Environmental Engg., Manufacturing Engg.
• Present Education lacks its relevance to society
  industry

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