About NAEAC

The Higher Education Commission established the National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) having representation of experts from agricultural universities and research institutions, leading industries and R&D institutions in public and private sectors.


Mission Statement:

Developing a viable and sustainable mechanism of quality assurance in higher learning of agriculture education to meet the rising challenges of transforming the country into a knowledge economy.


Objectives:

• Assure quality of agriculture degree programs in educational institutions.

• Systematize and execute a comprehesive process of accreditation of the agriculture degree programs, through adopting transparent policies, procedures and criteria and assist and advise institutions in planning their academic programs.

• Support the intellectual development of students and faculty members interested in pursuing agriculture profession par excellence.



Mandate:

i. Administer the accreditation process based on the approved policies, procedures and criteria;

ii. Approve a list of evaluators, and constitute accreditation inspection committee (AIC) of evaluators headed by chairperson for the accreditation of agriculture education programs;

iii. Collect, compile and develop a database of statistics on accredited programs of higher education of agriculture; and

iv. Publish pertinent information besides ranking/rating of agriculture qualification programs.