A.S.D. GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (Autonomous)
JAGANNAICKPUR, KAKINADA, A.P, 533002.
INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL
OBJECTIVE OF IQAC:
The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institution by channelizing all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.
IQAC becomes a part of the institution’s system & works towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance.
STRATEGIES:
IQAC evolves mechanisms and procedures for:
- Ensuring timely, efficient, and progressive performance of academic, administrative, and financial tasks.
- The relevance and quality of academic and research programmes.
- Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
- Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
- The credibility of evaluation procedures.
- Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services.
- Resource sharing and networking with other institutions.
FUNCTIONS OF IQAC:
- Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
- Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process.
- Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents, and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
- Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
- Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
- Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement.
- Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.
- Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining/enhancing the institutional quality.
- Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
- Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC.
BENEFITS OF IQAC:
- Ensures heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement
- Ensures internalization of the quality culture
- Ensures enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices
- Provides a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning
- Acts as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs
- Builds an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication
CORE VALUES:
- Contributing to National Development
- Fostering Global Competencies among Students
- Inculcating a Value System among Students
- Promoting the Use of Technology
- Quest for Excellence