The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is a quality assurance mechanism in educational
institutions, primarily in higher education, aimed at ensuring continuous improvement in the
overall performance of institutions. The IQAC is meant for planning, guiding and monitoring
Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of the colleges. It
functions to plan, guide, and monitor quality assurance and enhancement activities of an
institution The IQAC may channelize and systematize the efforts and measures of an
institution towards academic excellence. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at St.
Francis College started in June 2020. This initiative was / is part of our continuous effort to
enhance the quality of education and institutional processes, ensuring that we meet and
exceed standards.
IQAC – Vision
To ensure a quality culture remains the prime concern at St. Francis College by
institutionalizing and internalizing all initiatives undertaken with both internal and external
support
IQAC – Mission
• To promote quality culture and transparency in all institutional operations.
• To ensure the integration of modern methods of teaching, learning, evaluation, and
governance.
• To foster institutional accountability and stakeholder engagement.
Objectives
The main objectives of IQAC are
• To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the
academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• To develop and implement quality benchmarks and parameters for various academic
and administrative activities.
• To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement
through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
• To document and report progress for quality assurance purposes..
Strategies
• Timely, efficient, and progressive execution of academic, administrative, and
financial tasks.
• High-quality and relevant academic and research programmes to enhance
academic excellence
• Equitable access and affordability of academic programmes for all sections of
society.
• Effective use and integration of modern teaching, learning methods and
governance using ICT.
• Credibility and transparency in the assessment and evaluation process.
• Establishing collaborations and linkages with industries and other academic
institutions.
• Embedding sustainability and community engagement in institutional practices.
• Adequate, well-maintained, and properly allocated support structures and services.
Functions
The functions of the IQAC are:
• 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.
• Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related
institutional processes.
• Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders.
• 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.
• Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up.
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