External Quality Audit

Introduction of Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)

The Higher Education Commission is taking significant initiatives to improve the performance of Higher Education Institutions and started up with the primary step of outlining the Institutional Performance Evaluation Standards.

A total of eleven standards are defined and each one of these articulates a specific dimension of the institutional quality. Institutional Performance Evaluation standards are:

Standard 1:            Mission Statement and Goals

Standard 2:            Planning and Evaluation

Standard 3:            Organization and Governance

Standard 4:            Integrity

Standard 5:            Faculty

Standard 6:            Students

Standard 7:            Institutional Resources      

Standard 8:            Academic Programmes and Curricula

Standard 9:            Public Disclosure and Transparency                 

Standard 10:          Assessment & Quality Assurance

Standard 11:          Student Support Service