The document discusses the significant increase in India's education budget aimed at improving the quality of school education, emphasizing the need for an independent accreditation body. Quality assurance is defined as a systematic process to ensure educational institutions meet minimum standards, focusing on comprehensive assessment and stakeholder satisfaction. It outlines standards for accreditation, highlighting governance, infrastructure, teaching, and management as key components to achieve educational excellence.

1. Imperatives of Quality for Schools Dr. Anjlee Prakash1

2. Environment India’s education budget has more than doubled in the last five years: Rs. 152,847 cr in FY 2004-05 to Rs. 372,813 crores in FY 2009-10.

3. Estimated 45 percent of education expenditure on elementary education

4. State governments contribute 74 percent of the total education budget.Focus for Education in the 12th PlanAccess & expansion

5. Equal opportunity

6. Quality Assurance “Explore possibilities of setting up an independent, accreditation body in the area of school education...” ShriKapilSabil. Hon Min of HRDCBSE already taken the lead to set up an accreditation system for affiliated CBSE schools that will establish a level of acceptable quality for all accredited institutions while respecting the unique missions of the institutions involved.

7. What is Quality Assurance? Quality assurance is achieved through an accreditation processEnsuring education institutions meet and maintain minimum standards of quality and integrity regarding academics, administration and related services. Quality Accreditation is achieved through an assessment processBy adopting a total quality approach for continuous improvement for satisfaction of all stakeholders. Quality Assurance (QA) can be simply defined as a system to support performance according to standards. It implies a systematic way of establishing and maintaining quality improvement activities as an integral and sustainable part of systemsAccreditation What gets measured… gets done…

8. Framework of Quality Accreditation supported by an approach to Assessment

9. Framework of Quality AssessmentPolicy prescription as indicators for accreditationQSAS standards are based on policy prescription of state/ boardsEvidence basedAccreditation process is based on observable parameters alone

10. These evidences are related to deeply rooted processes in schoolSystemic processQuality is never by accident ,it is always a result of systemic interventionBased on randomization principleRandom records are taken as evidence

11. Selection is to eliminate the risk of bias and errorTransparentAll parties relevant to the process are involved; i.e. The assessment agency, the assessor and the schoolSTANDARD-1 Governance & LeadershipSTANDARD -3 InfrastructureSTANDARD-4 Assessment & Evaluation EQFI Accreditation StandardsSTANDARD-6 School Administration & Management STANDARD -7 Organizational DevelopmentsSTANDARD -2 Teaching, Learning, & Curriculum TransactionSTANDARD- 5 Fund Management & Expenditure 66

12. Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful executionWilliam A. Foster

13. Development of Quality ToolsEQFI School AssessmentHelp schools define parameters of excellence through: Supporting the development of vision, mission, values Identify challenges and define objectives to meet the challenges List Short Term & Long Term plans List performance indicators Identify targets against performance indicators

14. SAMPLE KRA 9

15. Development of processExample: process setting

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