About IQAC

Internal Quality Assurance Cell 

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.

IQAC of the Mar Thoma College of Science & Technology, Ayur was constituted on 29th October 2018. IQAC aims to continuously monitor quality and create quality alerts and propose ways and means of enhancing quality. The motto of the IQAC is to achieve quality through continuous improvement with cooperation of all stake holders. It will channelize and systematize the efforts of the college towards academic excellence.

Objectives

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
• Promote and facilitate various academic activities of the college and make them as good practices.
• Facilitate the creation of a learner centric environment conducive to quality education.
• Initiate the implementation of feedback responses from all stakeholders on quality related institutional processes.
• Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement.

Strategies

• Ensure timely and efficient performance of academic and extra-curricular activities
• Maintain quality of academic and non-academic activities
• Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.

Functions

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
• Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process.
• Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents, and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
• Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
• Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
• Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement.
• Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.
• Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality.
• Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
• Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC.