National Board of Accreditation: A Focused path towards Future

National Board of Accreditation:

The National Board of Accreditation was initially established under the act of AICTE IN 1994 to assess the standard of education offered by institutions for engineering, technical courses, hospitality, applied arts and crafts, pharmacy, and management programs offered in India. NBA came into existence as an autonomous body in 2010 and the Memorandum of Association and Rules of NBA was amended in 2013 by which it establishes its independence in its functioning: financially as well as a decision-making body. 

Reforms in our educational sector over the years have seen promising results which raise the standard of our education. NBA focuses on providing the best provisions to empower students and upgrade the teaching and learning process. It conducts periodic evaluations of technical institutions and programs. The norms of accreditation are in line with the international standards framed for technical institutions and are oriented to assess the outcomes of the program. 

Assurance of Quality and Relevance of Education for students

Students seeking admission to various technical institutions should always look for a college that should be approved by the AICTE with an NBA accreditation that carries a stamp of recognition for its quality assurance in education. NBA evaluates on the metric of Outcome-based education which focuses on the outcomes of the program while also considering input and output parameters.

Students should always look into basic infrastructure facilities and resources available in the institution. They should be aware of all the training and research oppurtunities that will be provided to them. There should be information on the available faculty which enhances the program curriculum.  

The institutions should follow a proper curriculum with a standard evaluation system that works towards maintaining required academic standards. NBA accreditation of 75% to the best institutions gets a grading for 6 years and with the accreditation of around 60%, it gets a grading for 3 years.

The students should opt for college with high grading which is valid for years even after completion of their course. The NBA accreditation also helps the institutions to secure better rankings in NAAC which ensure better visibility and recognition at the national and international level. 

The NBA- accredited institutions ensure greater adherence to high-quality academic excellence and identification of good practices with a robust infrastructure. Accreditation with Outcome-based education improves student performance with massive opportunities to grow greater identity and global acceptance. It helps in the easy MOU process as the tone of credibility is already established by the institution. International Companies while recruiting employees majorly consider students with NBA Accreditation.

Students seeking college admission should always look for NBA accredited which helps in greater mobility and polishes their professional skills. They should look for the previous records of placement provided by the institutions which put them on the top. Admission to an accredited college that focuses on out-come based performance helps students in problem-solving, communication skills, ability to simplify complex learning methods, and building teamwork. 

NBA Accreditation acts as a benchmark of excellence for maximizing students‘ success and for a better future. It gives supremacy to a technical institute for its innovation and experiment. NBA is a signatory of the Washington Accord which makes it recognizable as an internationally reputed agency for accreditation.

To stimulate the quality of teaching and improve the standards of higher education institutions need a set of academic objectives that enable them to produce high-quality professionals which can only be possible when the programs adopted by the colleges are of high value. 

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