Role and functions of the institutional head for quality assurance and enhancement in higher education

The purpose of this paper is to support and encourage Higher Educational institutions in pursuing the enhancement of quality at various levels in India. Enhancement may range from curriculum development and innovation with a recognizable impact on the student learning experience to explore the various ways in which quality enhancement can be part of a planned and systematic approach to quality. This report explores the way in which changes in quality assurance and quality enhancement are taking place across the higher education sector in India. The context for this exploration derives in part from the greater focus to be given to enhancement in the new process for Institutional Review. This analysis aims to emphasis the Institutional head to develop, maintain and utilize the infrastructure facilities, staff and curriculum for achieving quality assurance and enhancement in higher educational institution. The Vision 2020 is to be a knowledge superpower. To achieve this vision, Institutional Head has to play a key role in higher educational Institution. To enable India to become knowledge superpower, education and knowledge resources have to reach out to a large number of people through various means in a seamless way. The present era can be called an era of ‘academic globalization’. The present study focuses in particular on policies, official regulations, rights and responsibilities in the governance of higher education institutions. In general India-wide trend towards less prescriptive regulatory frameworks, a variety of national, regional models have been developed within the respective contexts of academic self-governance. Now we demand more and more external accountability, the influence of new demands on higher education, and the persistence of international trend. The aim of this paper is to provide an in-depth understanding of national normative frameworks and to position national and regional situations vis-à-vis trends across World.