Accreditation Necessary to Ensure Quality Higher Education

March 3, 2023

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Accreditation Blue BoxPranav Gupta of Ashoka University highlights- Accreditation is necessary to ensure the quality of higher education (APNNews, February 5, 2023) “Pranav Gupta Ashoka University founder underlines the value of accreditation in guaranteeing the standard of higher education in India. “Accreditation is an important indicator for safeguarding higher education quality in India. It offers a way to assess institutions and programmes and make sure they adhere to the necessary criteria. Through this, universities are motivated to innovate and improve the quality of the education they offer.” Higher education institutions that are accredited are more likely to adhere to stringent criteria for their curricula, faculty, infrastructure, as well as other aspects of education.”

MozambiqueNew Law Provides for Slew of Changes in University System (University World News, February 16, 2023) “A new higher education law approved in December 2022 in Mozambique establishes and extends the power of the National Council for the Assessment of Higher Education Quality (in Portuguese, the Conselho Nacional de Avaliação da Qualidade or CNAQ) to undertake quality assurance in the country’s higher education. The agency – established in 2007 – will henceforth be responsible for the “assessment and accreditation of distance-learning courses and programmes” in Mozambique’s higher education.”

GraduatesNexford Varsity Secures U. S Accreditation for Degree Programmes  (The Guardian, February 27, 2023) “The next-generation online university platform, Nexford University has secured America’s accreditation which is carried out by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC).  Nexford’s accreditation followed existing state licensure granted by the Higher Education Licensure Commission (HELC), which enables the online institution to issue degrees. The accreditation from DEAC, recognised as an accrediting agency by American Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), provides an additional quality stamp and strengthens Nexford’s position in the American national higher education landscape.”

Europe mapU Leuven Joins Ambitious European Project (India Education Diary, February 13, 2023) “A consortium of six university alliances has secured European support for ED-AFFICHE, a pilot project on the European Degree quality label. The consortium behind the ED-AFFICHE project brings together 51 higher education institutions from 22 countries on the European continent, with the support of 18 national and regional higher education ministries and key players in higher education, accreditation and quality assurance. The participating universities are firmly rooted in their respective ecosystems, have a long tradition of international cooperation and pool a great deal of experience in the development of joint programmes. Together, the universities represent almost two million students and staff who can contribute to the project. The project consortium sees the European Degree label as a means to promote transnational cooperation in European higher education in general. This is crucial to strengthen the attractiveness and competitive position of European higher education worldwide.”

India MapManav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies becomes the Only Private University in Delhi-NCR to receive NAAC 'A++' Grade Accreditation (Devdiscourse, February 22, 2023) “NAAC A is the Highest Grade awarded to Top Performing Universities in India First with NAAC A Accreditation amongst the Government and Private Universities of general category in Haryana Received full marks in 14 key indicators National Assessment and Accreditation Council NAAC has accredited Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies MRIIRS with NAAC A Grade.”