Abstract
The focus of the article is the development of a Quality Assurance Framework for the institutions that offer Fashion Technology Courses in India. The present study explores and analyses the different quality frameworks and accreditation systems prevailing in the higher education system in India. Based on the extensive review of the past literature and the existing quality systems, a new set of quality assurance framework parameters has been indented and developed for assessing the quality of Fashion Technology Courses in India. The descriptive study was conducted with the faculty members of National Institute of Fashion Technology, India. The profound analysis identified the quality parameters applicable for various stakeholders like students, faculty, management, assessment and evaluation experts, curriculum designers etc. The key parameters used to develop the quality assurance framework are categorized as Resources, Education Management, Instructional Planning & Delivery, Assessment & Evaluation, Generic Skills and Learning Experiences and Skill Requirements. The study has revealed several implications on the various aspects contributing to these parameters and the ranking for their respective impact for ensuring quality in Fashion Technology education in India. A deeper understanding and focus to improve on the top-rated contributors to these key parameters will ensure Enhanced Quality Framework for the Institutions offering Fashion technology Courses in India.
Highlights
Indian higher education is expanding and to exercise control over its movement the Central & State Government has introduced various regulations and reforms like Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) (Saeki & Imaizumi, 2013), (Stella & Bhushan, 2011)
The present study is an attempt to contribute to the existing literature by furnishing details regarding the significance of quality assurance in higher education in the context of fashion technology, challenges encountered in quality assurance review practices along with standard quality practices pursued in fashion technology
In India, the Higher Education segment has observed an incredible boost in the amount of Universities & Colleges and students’ enrolment but the quality is still an area of apprehension till which has been an indispensable component in achieving the aim and execution of national policy
Summary
Indian higher education is expanding and to exercise control over its movement the Central & State Government has introduced various regulations and reforms like Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) (Saeki & Imaizumi, 2013), (Stella & Bhushan, 2011). The accreditation process has been set up which makes it compulsory for every educational institution to avail, accreditation under the University. The current research study which is Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions) related to the engineering education provides detail about. The the quality assurance in higher education, success, accreditation is given for a period of 5 years by the challenges in quality assurance (QA) review practices, and accreditation agencies like the National Assessment and quality assurance practices in fashion technology. Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) (Dhanuraj & Kumar, 2015).
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