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The Indian education system has conquered a strong position in the international circuit. India is today recognized as a world center for higher education amongst foreign students as the country has an unparalleled variety of academic courses. The Indian education system is evolving and the National Board of Accreditation(NBA)  & NAAC  are leading the transformation.

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The government recognizes this and even AICTE has made getting NBA accredited for Engineering & Technology, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Applied Arts and Crafts, Computer Applications, & Hospitality and Tourism Management programs by 2022.

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National Board of Accreditation

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) is one of the major accreditation bodies for Engineering, Pharmacy, Management & other Technical  Programs in India. It was established in 1994 by the AICTE and became autonomous in 2010. Since 2014, it has been a member of the Washington Accords.

Becoming a member of the Accords ensures substantial equivalency of programs that have been accredited by the other members.

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The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) accredits Programs only, not whole  Institutes/ University. These include Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs. Accredited fields include Engineering & Technology, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Applied Arts and Crafts, Computer applications and Hospitality & Tourism Management.

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The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) vision is to be an accreditation agency of international standards by making sure the highest degree of credibility in the assurance of quality and relevance to Professional education and come up to the expectations of its stakeholders viz., Academicians, Educational Institutions, Industry, Government, Students, and their parents.

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NBA ACCREDITATION PROCESS

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Having understood the importance, we now look at the process of getting your programs NBA accredited. These are the six steps of the supposedly cumbersome process:

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1. Checking Readiness for NBA and registering:

The first thing that you should know is that the NBA is offered to programs and not to Institutes. However, before you can register for accreditation through the NBA, you need to check your readiness through the following parameters:

Does your Institution fall under any of the below-mentioned categories? Because if it doesn’t then you are not eligible

  1. Hospitality & Tourism

  2. Computer Applications

  3. Architecture, Applied Arts and Crafts

  4. Pharmacy

  5. Engineering & Technology

  6. Management

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2. Preparation of Self-Assessment Report (SAR):

Self-Assessment Report is perhaps the most important document for your NBA accreditation process. It is perhaps also the area where a lot of mistakes are committed. NBA expects that SARs are clear, concise, error-free & with data for each of the criteria.

While it is an extremely difficult task to ensure that you have been tracking all the criteria perfectly and with complete facts, you can always have an error-free accreditation solution like Frontier consultants do the hard work for you.

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3.  Applying for NBA and submission of SAR:

The next step after preparing your SAR is the timely and proper submission of the said report. Just carry out the following steps:

Download the SAR and fill in the details in the defined format

Login to eNBA portal and submit the SAR

Pay 90% of the fee

Provide 3 dates for NBAs site visit

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4. NBA team visit and evaluation:

As part of the next step, the NBA evaluation team visits the college to create an evaluation report. The team comprises one Chairperson and one or two Evaluators (depending on the number of programs).

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5. Submission of evaluation report and recommendation by EAC:

The evaluation report created in the previous step is then submitted by the Evaluation team to the EAC. The moderation team evaluates the report as well as the documents submitted by the Institution.

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6. Accreditation decision by the Academic Advisory Committee:

In the last step, the Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) reviews all the reports as well as the recommendations by the EAC. The AAC then takes the decision on awarding accreditation. Based on the committee’s decision, the following outcomes are possible:

Accreditation for 6 years

Accreditation for 3 years

No accreditation

Should the outcome be unsatisfactory, you can appeal the decision within 30 days of receiving the communication. This appeal is then placed in front of the Appellate Committee (AC) who then gives recommendations to the AAC.

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The final decision-making authority lies with the AAC who then communicates the decision to your institution.

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Our Services 

  1. Guidance for Measuring and evolution of the graduates in three parameters, like

    1. Program Educational Objectives PEO)

    2. Program Outcomes (PO)

    3. Course Outcomes (CO)

  2. Supervision of student performance is done using both direct and indirect assessment tools. 

  3. Preparation and submission of Institutional information

  4. Creating and Use Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading

  5. Assistance to set examination Question papers, Practical/Lab work/Assignments As per POs

  6. Designing the curriculum changes based on the program outcomes

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