PRESENTED TO: MA'AM SOFIA Presented by: Siddique Group #2 Aqsa Murtaza Samia Rani Shanza Akhtar Rubina Memoona Nazir BSN final year CON,NMU,Multan ACCREDITATION OF INSTITUTION Learning objectives At the end student will be able to understand •Definition of accreditation •Driving factors •Types of accreditation •Steps of accreditation process •Purposes •Benefits of accreditation process Definition of accreditation ◦ It is defined as process of quality assurance that determines whether an institution meets the established standards for function structure and performance. ◦ It is self regulatory process by which governmental and non-governmental organization grant formal recognition to programme or institution that meet stated Conti….. ◦ Standard of quality by fulfilling indicators established by each institution. ◦ Standards are model or an example to strive to achieve. ◦ Standards represents what universities are required to fulfill in order to be accredited. Indicator ◦ An indicator is a statistic that represent a measure of one character. ◦ Indicators are measurable variables that can be used to determine the degree of adherence to standards or level of quality achieved. ◦ Indicators are used as evidence of success in accomplishing the goal or institutional objectives Purpose of accreditation ◦ Is to ensure that minimum standard of quality are met, most accrediting agencies states they aim to achieve higher- than minimum standards as determined by peers in the field. ◦ Is to provide a recognition for funding and student financial aids Conti…… ◦ Is to ensure consistency in quality across academics programmed, thus facilitating transfer of academic credit from one institution to another. ◦ To acknowledge the comparability of one degree to another in the same field across the region. Steps of accredition process Difference between programme and institution accreditation ◦ Programme accreditation refers to accreditation to academic courses such as science education commerce, law engineering nursing etc. ◦ Institution accreditation refers to accreditation to school college and universities as a whole Types of Accreditation There are basic three types of accreditation 1.probationery accreditation 2.provicianal accreditation 3.Full accreditation Conti……. Probationary accreditation: it enables the nursing institution or organization applying for accreditation for the first time for the period of not more than 03 years whilst completing requirement Conti….. ◦ Provisional accreditation: It enables nursing institution or organization which has been accredited but which complies with most but not all of the required standard to operate for a period not more than one year. Conti…… Full accreditation: It indicates that institution complies with all required standard and may operate for the period of five years before applying for re-accreditation. Problems and challenges for accreditation ◦ Quality consciousness at all level will take time ◦ Stances and consistency of efforts will be required ◦ Commitment on consistent basis. ◦ High rates of attribution will require repeated and continual training. ◦ Public sector will take a longer time to get into process THANKS YOU