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Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA)
- The University has established the Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA).
- The CIQA monitors and maintains the quality of the ODL/ Online programmes offered by the Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE).
- It has the following objectives ensuring compliances of quality implementation.
Objectives
The goal of the Centre for Internal Quality Assurance is to create and implement a dynamic and all-encompassing internal quality assurance system to guarantee that the higher education programmes offered by the CDOE in online mode and open and distance learning mode are of quality that is acceptable and continuously improved.
Functions of CIQA
The functions of Centre for Internal Quality Assurance are:
i. To maintain quality in the services provided to the learners.
ii. To undertake self-evaluative and reflective exercises for continual quality improvement in all the systems and processes of CDOE.
iii. To contribute in the identification of the key areas in which CDOE should maintain quality.
iv. To devise mechanism to ensure that the quality of Open and Distance Learning programmes and Online programmes matches with the quality of relevant programmes in the conventional mode.
v. To devise mechanisms for interaction with, and obtaining feedback from, all stakeholders namely; learners, teachers, staff, parents, society, employers, and Government for quality improvement.
vi. To suggest measures to the authorities of CDOE for qualitative improvement.
vii. To facilitate the implementation of its recommendations through periodic reviews.
viii. To organize workshops/ seminars/ symposia on quality related themes, ensure participation of all stakeholders, and disseminate the reports of such activities among all the stakeholders.
ix. To develop and collate best practices in all areas leading to quality enhancement in services to the learners and disseminate the same to all concerned.
x. To collect, collate and disseminate accurate, complete and reliable statistics about the quality of the programme(s).
xi. To ensure that Programme Project Report for each programme is prepared as per the norms and guidelines prescribed by the Commission and wherever necessary by the appropriate regulatory authority having control over the programme.
xii. To put in place a mechanism to ensure the proper implementation of Programme Project Reports.
xiii. To maintain record of Annual Plans and Annual Reports, review them periodically and generate actionable reports.
xiv. To provide inputs to CDOE for restructuring of programmes in order to make them relevant to the job market.
xv. To facilitate system-based research on ways of creating learner-centric environment and to bring about qualitative change in the entire system.
xvi. To act as a nodal coordinating unit for seeking assessment and accreditation from designated bodies (such as NAAC) for accreditation.
xvii. To adopt measures to ensure internalization and institutionalization of quality enhancement practices through periodic accreditation and audit.
xviii. To coordinate between the CDOE and the Commission for various quality-related initiatives or guidelines.
xix. To obtain information from other Higher Educational Institutions on various quality benchmarks or parameters and best practices.
xx. To record activities undertaken on quality assurance in the form of an annual report of Centre for Internal Quality Assurance.
xxi. Centre for Internal Quality Assurance would submit Annual Reports to the Statutory Authorities or Bodies of the CDOE about its activities at the end of each academic session. A copy of report in the format as specified by the Commission, duly approved by the statutory authorities of the CDOE shall be submitted annually to the Commission.