Competency Framework for Accreditation Coordinators

Abstract

The national education policy 2020 has envisioned quality education leading to accreditation of programmes and institutions. In the changed context, the role of the accreditation coordinator and accreditation team at the institute level is going to make a significant difference in obtaining accreditation. The paper is an outcome of a study conducted to develop the competency framework for accreditation coordinators at the institute level or programme level. The competency framework will be useful to the institutions that want to professionally prepare for getting accreditation systematically, who are having accreditation for their programmes and institutes and wants to improve their performance in the next cycle of accreditation, accreditation coordinators, and potential accreditation coordinators for developing themselves to meet the expectations of the institute for facilitating the accreditation process in the context of NEP 2020, to select the right coordinator for accreditation, to design and organize training programmes for accreditation coordinators. The population of the study is accreditation coordinators and potential coordinators working in higher education institutions (HEIs) of the country. The instrument is designed by researchers and validated by three experts working in the area of accreditation. The validated instrument was mailed to 2400 accreditation coordinators out of which 635 responded.