About IQAC

About IQAC

In pursuance of the National Action Plan of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up gradation of institutions of higher education, the NAAC proposes that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post accreditation quality sustenance measure. It functions to motivate and support the Departments in all their academic, extra-curricular, research and extension activities thereby ensuring the quality enhancement of the institution.

Maintaining the momentum of quality consciousness is crucial in St. Xavier College. Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)is conceived as a mechanism to build and ensure a quality culture at the institutional level. It’s an assurance system, with appropriate structure and processes and with enough flexibility to meet the diverse needs of the stakeholders. The IQAC is meant for planning, guiding and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of the colleges.

IQAC – Vision

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Objective

1. To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.

2. To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.

Strategies

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for :-

a. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;

b. Relevant and quality academic/ research programmes;

c. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society;

d. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning;

e. Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles;

f. Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;

g. Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices;

h. Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;

i. Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up

j. Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.