Centre For Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA)

The Centre For Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) of NIIBS was established as per recommendation of the University Grants Commission, to facilitate the quality assurance activities.

Background of the CIQA

The Centre for Internal Quality Assurance of the Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (NIIBS) was established in June 2021 to fulfil the requirement of Degree awarding non state higher education institute of the ministry of Education of Sri Lanka, and to maintain Quality assurance mechanism of NIIBS. But it was the Ministry of Education requires a formal structured Internal Quality Assurance Centre to follow QA mechanism systematically. Internal quality assurance system is the Quality Policy of Sri Lankan Universities is to achieve excellence in teaching, research, student support, extension and consultancy, with social relevance.

The quality management system incorporates organizational structure, procedures, processes and financial, non-financial, human and technological resources. Sri Lankan assures quality education and training by process benchmarking, performance benchmarking and strategic benchmarking. Internal quality assurance systems in the institution are formulated on the basis of guidelines of external quality assurance agencies such as higher education ministry, UGC and the affiliating universities.

Curriculum Development Process

CIQA Organizational Structure

CIQA Director Duty List

CIQA Secretary Duty List

Computer Application Assistant Duty List

Main Objectives of CIQA

To develop, maintain and follow a Quality Assurance Manual that describes all academic institutional and functional structures and operations for the planning and implementation of quality assurance processes.
To ensure continuous improvement in the entire operations of the institute.
To establish appropriate units, led by qualified staff to assure the sustainability of quality education.
To monitor for outcomes of the programs offered.
To monitor and periodic review academic programs, assessment of students and quality assurance of teaching staff.
To enhance the effectiveness of the institute’s core activities of learning and teaching, research and innovation, student experience and community engagement and outreach programs.
To develop, maintain and enhance the internal processes that the institution should monitor and improve the quality of education, staff, students and stakeholders connected with higher Education.
To improve continuously the staff, the students and the work of the institute’s quality assurance and quality enhancement.

Major Contributions

Organization of seminars, workshops and training programmes at institutional and national levels, for faculty, students and support staff, to enhance their functional efficiency.
It organized national seminars on quality aspects of education, initiated collaborative programmes in the areas of curriculum review, dissemination of information on best practices and innovative practices in departments and other institutions and institutionalized them through seminars and reporting systems, thus maintaining quality culture of continuous improvement.
Maintain Systematically a Google Drive uploading of all documents with annexure on teaching plan, pedagogy and content, periodical academic audits, assessment plan and learner-centric activities help teachers benchmark the teaching-learning-evaluation process, help increase integration of ICT in teaching-learning and promote use of ICT, along with sensitization and training of faculty.