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Which of the following are indicators of external accountability for an institution of higher learning ? A. Provision for professional development of teachers. B. Utilization pattern of library and technical resources. C. Relevance of courses to the societal needs. D. Performance of students in public examinations. E. Employment pattern of pass-out students. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following are indicators of external accountability for an institution of higher learning ? A. Provision for professional development of teachers. B. Utilization pattern of library and technical resources. C. Relevance of courses to the societal needs. D. Performance of students in public examinations. E. Employment pattern of pass-out students. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: Correct Answer C, D, E only

Accountability in higher education:

  • There are different understandings of accountability in higher education.
  • In the simplest form accountability means the requirement to demonstrate reasonable actions to some external constituency or agency
  • In the case of the universities, this external constituency is, broadly speaking ‘society’, and more specifically ‘government’.
  • According to Neave (1967), ‘‘Accountability is a process which involves the duty of both the individual and the organizations of which they are part to render periodically accounts for tasks performed, to a body having both the power and the authority to modify that performance”.
  • To sum up, accountability in higher education is a concept related to efficiency, effectiveness, and performance evaluation; it calls for proving, by effective means, that higher education has attained the predetermined results and performance.
  • Accountability in higher education means an accounting of its performance with respect to the responsibilities assigned to it
  • It implies the actual measurement of the responsibility fulfilled or performed by an institution. The degree of accountability can be perceived only when the functions and duties assigned to the agencies in the system are properly evaluated.
  • Accountability can enhance the competitive power of Universities and this will help to attract clientele to its portals.
  • In all these and other respects, accountability in higher education can create a climate congenial to deep learning, scholarship, knowledge and wisdom which is the crying need of the hour.

Important Points

Some characteristics of how accountability systems could be assessed are:

  • Accountability schemes should be perceived as relevant by central stakeholders.
  • Accountability schemes should contain a fair judgment of performance.
  • Accountability schemes should be open to feedback and dialogue.
  • Accountability schemes should stimulate trust.

Conclusion: from the above discussion, we can say that accountability is all about efficiency, effectiveness, and performance evaluation.

Hence, from the given options, option (3) is more appropriate.

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