Accreditation Procedure-PEC
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Accreditation Procedure:
STEP 1 : (Month 1) Institution submits accreditation / reaccredidation application including information/data according to the Proforma (AC-1) provided by the PEC. A master list of exhibits for the site visit, arranged according to different criteria should also be provided by the Institution. Identifying the Visiting Team and its Convener by PEC EA&QEC; seek institutional input for any conflict of interest. PEC provides the Visiting Team with the visit instructions / guidelines, profile of the Institution / Program(s); including the archived accreditation report of the previous visit, if any. Critical study including verification, by the Visiting Team, of the information furnished to the EA&QEC; (hard and soft copies provided). Furnishing any additional information requested by the Visiting Team of PEC (through correspondence if necessary); Institution provides a master schedule of the site visit according to PEC visit plan. Briefing to the visitation Team by its Convener to refresh the visit instructions / guidelines. Visit of the institution (Laboratories, Libraries, Workshops and other Infrastructure/Facilities) as per schedule; meet with administrative staff, faculty, students and alumni for reaccreditations of established programs. Discussions with the Management, Principal, Deans, faculty and others, enumerating the strengths and weaknesses of the programs. At this stage the institution may decide to withdraw the program(s) from consideration for accreditation; STEP 8 : Discussions among Members of the Visiting Team followed by finalization of the Team Report (Shared with the institution for removal of factual errors, and for a rejoinder). Institutional Rejoinder/Comments to the report within 30 days of the receipt of the team report. If the Institutional rejoinder is not received by the due date, it will be assumed that the Institution agrees to the observations of the Team. Submission of the Team Report by the Convener of the Visiting Team to the EA&QEC; Consideration of the Report of the Visiting Team and the rejoinder, by EA&QEC; Decision of the EA&QEC on the status of accreditation; Reporting the accreditation decision by EA&QEC to Chairman PEC. Communication of the accreditation decision to institution(s) and issue the SRO. Entry into the First Schedule of the PEC Act and posting on PEC Website. After taking action on above steps, should a program be successful in obtaining accreditation, the entire process will be repeated at the
STEP 2 : (Within 30 days after step 1) STEP 3 : (Within 2 months after step1) STEP 4 : (Within 30 days after step 3) STEP 5 : (Within 15 days after step 4) STEP 6 : (Within 4th/5th month of the year after step 1 to 5)
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STEP 9 :
STEP 10 : (Within 30 days after Rejoinder) STEP 11 : (Within 6th /7th Month) STEP 12 : (Within 7th / 8th month) STEP 13 : (Within 8th / 9th month) STEP 14 :
expiry of the specified accreditation period. The period of full accreditation shall be 3 years. However, if accreditation is pended due to shortcomings identified the institution is required to provide a compliance report to PEC within 06 months highlighting corrective measures taken. This will be followed by a confirmatory visit.
STEP 1 : (Month 1) Institution submits accreditation / reaccredidation application including information/data according to the Proforma (AC-1) provided by the PEC. A master list of exhibits for the site visit, arranged according to different criteria should also be provided by the Institution. Identifying the Visiting Team and its Convener by PEC EA&QEC; seek institutional input for any conflict of interest. PEC provides the Visiting Team with the visit instructions / guidelines, profile of the Institution / Program(s); including the archived accreditation report of the previous visit, if any. Critical study including verification, by the Visiting Team, of the information furnished to the EA&QEC; (hard and soft copies provided). Furnishing any additional information requested by the Visiting Team of PEC (through correspondence if necessary); Institution provides a master schedule of the site visit according to PEC visit plan. Briefing to the visitation Team by its Convener to refresh the visit instructions / guidelines. Visit of the institution (Laboratories, Libraries, Workshops and other Infrastructure/Facilities) as per schedule; meet with administrative staff, faculty, students and alumni for reaccreditations of established programs. Discussions with the Management, Principal, Deans, faculty and others, enumerating the strengths and weaknesses of the programs. At this stage the institution may decide to withdraw the program(s) from consideration for accreditation; STEP 8 : Discussions among Members of the Visiting Team followed by finalization of the Team Report (Shared with the institution for removal of factual errors, and for a rejoinder). Institutional Rejoinder/Comments to the report within 30 days of the receipt of the team report. If the Institutional rejoinder is not received by the due date, it will be assumed that the Institution agrees to the observations of the Team. Submission of the Team Report by the Convener of the Visiting Team to the EA&QEC; Consideration of the Report of the Visiting Team and the rejoinder, by EA&QEC; Decision of the EA&QEC on the status of accreditation; Reporting the accreditation decision by EA&QEC to Chairman PEC. Communication of the accreditation decision to institution(s) and issue the SRO. Entry into the First Schedule of the PEC Act and posting on PEC Website. After taking action on above steps, should a program be successful in obtaining accreditation, the entire process will be repeated at the
STEP 2 : (Within 30 days after step 1) STEP 3 : (Within 2 months after step1) STEP 4 : (Within 30 days after step 3) STEP 5 : (Within 15 days after step 4) STEP 6 : (Within 4th/5th month of the year after step 1 to 5)
STEP 7 :
STEP 9 :
STEP 10 : (Within 30 days after Rejoinder) STEP 11 : (Within 6th /7th Month) STEP 12 : (Within 7th / 8th month) STEP 13 : (Within 8th / 9th month) STEP 14 :
expiry of the specified accreditation period. The period of full accreditation shall be 3 years. However, if accreditation is pended due to shortcomings identified the institution is required to provide a compliance report to PEC within 06 months highlighting corrective measures taken. This will be followed by a confirmatory visit.
