About NAEAC

In recent years, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Pakistan has taken several initiatives to improve both access to and quality of higher education. The establishment of the Accreditation Councils is a major step towards improving the quality and bringing it at par with the international standards. Accreditation is both about quality assurance and quality improvement. Accreditation process determines the minimum acceptable educational standard. The Higher Education Commission established the National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) in 2007 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 dynamic and evolving mechanish of quality assurance of agriculture education to meet the current and emerging challenges of knowldege economy.



Mandate


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

    2. ii- Maintain a roster of highly qualified and experienced evaluators, and constitute Accreditataion Inspection Committee (AIC) of evaluators for the accrediation of
      agriculture education institutions and their accredited degree programs.

    4. iii- Collect, compile and develop a database of agriculture education institutions and their accredited degree programs.

    6. iv- Promote and Publish pertinent information on the need and vlaue of accreditation as well as ranking/rating of agriculture degree programs.

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      Functions


        1. i- Organize and carryout comprehensive accreditaion of agriculture programs leading to degrees/diplomas based on approved policies, procedures and criteria, and
          publish a list of ranking of degree programs.

        3. ii- Develop accrediation policies, processes, guidelines, and procedures for program evaluators.

        5. iii- Approve the list of evaluators selected through HEC approved criteria to particiapte in the process of accrediation of academic programs and constitute AICs from
          approved list of evaluators.

        7. iv- Develop evaluators training manual/self study material, questionnairs, forms and templates relating to accreditation.

        9. v- Collect information and statistics on accredited programs of higher education of agriculture and its respective institutions and publish them as deemed necessary.

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          Scope of NAEAC

           

          All agriculture degree programs offering by Public /Private Sector institutions fall under the purview of NAEAC including:

           

          1. i - Agronomy and Crop Physiology

          3. ii - Plant Breeding and Genetics

          5. iii - Agricultural Entomology

          7. iv - Agricultural/ Plant Pathology

          9. v - Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife

          11. vi - Horticulture

          13. vii- Soil and Environmental Science

          15. viii - Agricultural Economics

          17. ix - Marketing and Agribusiness

          19. x - Food Science and Technology

          21. xi - Agricultural Education and Extension

          23. xii - Animal Science

          25. xiii- Weed Science

          27. xiv - Plant Protection

          29. xv - Agri Biotechnology

           

      Additional emerging disciplines and degree programs pertaining to the agriculture shall be added in this list in the future for example Agri Bio-technology, etc.