Quality Improvement in Teacher Education Institutions through academic and administrative audit

Education in the global world seeks to preserve, transmit and advance knowledge, and is committed to bring the change for the betterment of society. Teacher is considered to be the backbone of the society, a nation builder who plays an important role for the development of the nation. Today, the world needs better and more committed teachers to meet the challenges of LPG (Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization). To meet the challenges of 21st century teacher education needs a total change. The curriculum and contents are to be revised. The aims and objectives of Teacher Education are to be revised. Teaching methods and process of teaching and learning are to be innovative. To bring quality in all aspects of Teacher Education Institutions, Academic Audit plays an important role. Effective, Academic Audit tries to explore various institutional difficulties and determines various quality parameters for effective functioning; those are the needs of the day. Academic and Administrative Audit provide quality education with standard curriculum and globally acceptable system of education. This paper highlights the objective, methods, strategies and functions of Academic and Administrative Audit. Academic and Administrative Audit evaluate the performance of the institution and to identify the issues those are to be attended to in order to improve the quality of Teaching and Research.