Document Number: ACC-MAN-00
Version Number: 1.0
Effective Date: 01 July 2024

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BAETE ACCREDITATION MANUAL

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1.0 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document provides a list of documents applicable to BAETE Accreditation of undergraduate engineering programs.

2.0 SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document applies to the programs and higher educational institutions, evaluators, quality assurance committee, sectoral committees and the Board for program evaluation for BAETE accreditation in Bangladesh.

3.0 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

3.1 Higher Educational Institution/Programs

• Prepares the program Self-assessment report using ACC-TMP-04-04 (V2.1, V3.0) and submits the accreditation application to the BAETE.
• Submits an Institutional Response upon receiving the Evaluation Team Report using ACC-TMP-04-07 (V2.1, V3.0).
• Conforms to the timeline provided in ACC-MAN-04 (Table 5.2.1 in Section 5.2).

3.2 The Board

• Constitutes program evaluation teams following the guidelines provided in ACC-MAN-05.
• Makes accreditation decisions based on the Evaluation Team Report (moderated by the Quality Assurance Cell) and Sectoral Committee Report as per ACC-SOP-04-03.
• Conforms to the timeline provided in ACC-MAN-04 (Table 5.2.1 in Section 5.2).

3.3 The Evaluation Team

• Performs pre-visit activities, accreditation visits and post-visit activities as per sections 5.5 to 5.7 of ACC-MAN-04 .
• Prepares an Evaluation Team Report using ACC-TMP-04-05 (V2.1, V3.0) and submits it to the BAETE.
• Conforms to the timeline provided in ACC-MAN-04 (Table 5.2.1 in Section 5.2).

3.4 The Quality Assurance Cell

• Moderates the Evaluation Team Report by consistency checks with BAETE policy and benchmark requirements.
• Prepares the Quality Assurance Cell Report using ACC-TMP-04-06 ( V2.1, V3.0) and submits it to the BAETE.
• Conforms to the timeline provided in ACC-MAN-04 (Table 5.2.1 in Section 5.2).

3.5 The Sectoral Committees

• Review the Evaluation Team Reports, the Quality Assurance Cell Report and Institutional Response and recommend to the Board using ACC-TMP-04-08 (V2.1, V3.0).
• Conforms to the timeline provided in ACC-MAN-04 (Table 5.2.1 in Section 5.2).

3.6 BAETE Secretariat

• Assure compliance with BAETE policy and procedures by all personnel involved in BAETE accreditation.

4.0 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS

See ACC-MAN-06 for definitions and acronyms.

5.0 THE BAETE ACCREDITATION MANUAL, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, TEMPLATES, FLOWCHARTS, SCHEDULE, AND WORK INSTRUCTIONS

The BAETE Accreditation Manual is a collection of documents used by the BAETE Program Evaluators, Quality Assurance Cell, Sectoral Committees, and the Board to evaluate an engineering program. A program also prepares the Self-assessment report following the BAETE policy and accreditation criteria in the BAETE accreditation manual. There are three levels of documents in the BAETE accreditation manual. The top-level documents (document names contain either “-MAN-” or “-SOP-”) include instructions for accreditation and standard operating procedures. The mid-level documents include templates, flowcharts, etc. (document names contain either “-TMP-”, “-FLW-” or “-PLN-”). Lower-level documents include Instructions for evaluators, programs, committees, and the Board for BAETE accreditation-related activities (document names contain either “-TOR-”, “-GUI-” or “-LST-”).

6.0 REVISION HISTORY

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Archived Manuals & Guidelines

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