Quality concerns in Technical Education in India: A quantifiable quality enabled model

Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to discuss current Technical Education scenarios in India. It proposes modelling the factors affecting quality in a technical institute and then applying a suitable technique for assessment, comparison and ranking.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper chose graph theoretic approach for quantification of quality-enabled model. Further, the paper has validated the approach by taking examples of institutions and applying the methodology.

Findings

The paper provides a systematic methodology to build a quality model for quantification of various factors in a technical institute. The qualitative effect represented in form of a single numerical index is a novel method for such representations. The illustrated methodology in the paper is equally useful for comparison and ranking of a set of institutes.

Research limitations/implications

Because of the chosen factors in the approach, the methodology may not be equally suitable based on type and size of institute and the geographical location.

Practical implications

The paper includes demonstration on application of methodology for comparing the quality in a quantitative manner. The dynamic model allows changing factors and/or their effects as per requirement.

Social implications

In future, the methodology can be taken up by government/regulatory bodies and can convey the comparisons of institutions to stakeholders including students and parents.

Originality/value

This paper attempts to develop a novel method for comparing quality that can be used by accreditation bodies.

Citation

Gambhir, V., Wadhwa, N.C. and Grover, S. (2016), "Quality concerns in Technical Education in India: A quantifiable quality enabled model", Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 2-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-07-2011-0040