ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
Department of Accreditation comes under School of Accreditation and Quality Enhancement. It is one of the most important school of Children’s University, Gandhinagar.
The main focus of this department is to enable the school and higher education teachers to learn the process of assessment of the institution so that they can participate in Institutional accreditation process and contribute in quality enhancement of the respective institution. In order to do so, school of accreditation has developed three certificate courses and School Accreditation introduces the process of assessment and accreditation.
VISION
To shape the people capable to assess and enhance the quality and quantity of education on local and global standards
MISION
- To create accreditation framework for school education
- To carryout School Accreditation around the state of Gujarat
- To offer courses/ programmes that prepare assessors for accreditation
- To offer courses/ programmes that are instrumental to promote quality in higher education
- To offer courses/ programmes that promote research culture
- To extend training to prepare assessors for accreditation of school quality education
These courses are:
- Excellence in Higher Education
- Excellence in School Education
- Research Methodology in Social Science
‘Excellence in Higher Education’ and ‘Excellence in School Education’ courses intend:
- To develop internal mechanism of the institution for continuous quality enhancement
- To increase credibility and confidence among stakeholders
- To identify the gaps and bridge them whenever and wherever required
- To enter into MOU with local and global institutions
- To take affiliation or certification, grant etc. from various channels
- To remain competitive with local and global institutions
‘Research Methodology in Social Science’ course will be helpful to students:
- To qualify NET/SLET exam & Ph.D. M.Phil. Entrance and coursework exams
- To acquaint with research report writing ability
- To enhance employability in PG department of higher education institutions
- To become freelance researcher
- To broaden the outlook towards the problems of society.
SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
As per the Children’s University Act Clause 6(3) Children’s university is the university that has established to assess and accredit the government, grant in aid and private school of Gujarat State. Hence, university has launched school accreditation. This accreditation process will benefit the government to know the current status of quality of school education and be instrumental to improve and enhance the quality of school education. The accreditation process will also assist schools for self-assessment and consequently lead to establish mechanism for self-improvement. In the same way, it will help the students and parents to take pride in the credibility of the school. This entire process will bring qualitative improvement in school education.
SCHOOL OF ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
From the Desk of HOD
School of accreditation and quality enhancement is one of the most important schools of children’s university. Its Prime focus is to enhance the quality of education at higher education level as well as at school level. The school offers following part time certificate courses.
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Certificate Courses
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Mode
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duration
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Intake
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Credits/ Marks
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Hours of the course
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Target Group
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1
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Excellence in Higher Education
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Face to face
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One semester (6 Months)
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35
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12
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Theory:
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Practical
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Anybody who is interested in quality enhancement of higher education preferably any teaching/ admin staff or qualified to be working in college)
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96
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192
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2
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Excellence in School Education
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Face to face
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One semester
(6 Months)
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35
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12
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Theory:
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Practical
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Anybody who is interested in quality enhancement of higher education preferably any teaching/ admin staff or qualified to be working in college)
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96
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192
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3
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Research Methodo-logy in Social Science
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Face to face
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One semester (6 Months)
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35
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12
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Theory:
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Practical
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Any PG students (M.Ed., M.A. Education, M.A. Psychology, MSW etc.) M.Phil., Ph.D. students of any social science
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96
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192
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1. Excellence in Higher Education:
TThis course is intended to transact this course to higher educational institutions including University, affiliated colleges, constituent and autonomous colleges or any other higher education institution that is willing to excel in higher education to enable them to acquaint with assessment and accreditation process and parameters. This course will also enable them to understand the criteria, key indicators and grading pattern of assessment and accreditation. It will also help them to do self assessment of the institution they are associated with. The last step would be to keep up the process of quality enhancement continuously upgraded.
2. Excellence in School Education:
This course is intended to transact this course to any sort of School affiliated with any board to enable it to acquaint with assessment and accreditation process and criteria. This course will also enable the personnel of the school to understand the criteria, key indicators and grading pattern of assessment and accreditation. It will also help them to do self assessment of the school they are associated with. The last step would be to keep up the process of quality enhancement continuously upgraded.
3. Research Methodology in Social Science:
This course will be instrumental to get sound command over research methodology since the inception of the ‘identification of the research problem, construction of objectives and hypothesis, sampling and population, construction of tools for data collection and data analysis’ etc..This course would be resourceful to understand them ‘report writing skills’ as well. It will also help them to qualify NET/GSLET exams and excel in Research courses of M.Phil. and Ph.D. coursework.
SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
As per the Children’s University Act Clause 6(3) Children’s university is the university that has been established to assess and accredit the Government, grant in aid and private schools of Gujarat state. Hence, university has launched school accreditation. This accreditation process will benefit the Government to know the current status of quality of school education and be instrumental to improve and enhance the quality of school Education. The accreditation process will also assist schools for self-assessment and consequently lead to establish mechanism for self-improvement. In the same way, it will help the students and parents to take pride in the credibility of the school. This entire process will bring qualitative improvement in school Education.
Professor & Head
Prof. Sanjay Gupta
School of Accreditation and Quality Enhancement
Children’s University
Sector-20, Near Chh-5
Gandhinagar
Professor
Department of Accreditation and Quality Enhancement
Associate Professor
Department of Accreditation and Quality Enhancement