What is accreditation?
A. Accreditation by the Commission and by other nationally recognized agencies provides assurance to the public, in particular to prospective students, that an organization has been found to meet the agency’s clearly stated requirements and criteria and that there are reasonable grounds for believing that it will continue to meet them.
Many educational programs are examined by a regulatory body that determines if it is “accredited” or approved as an industry-accepted program. Technology programs in Canada are examined by the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board (CTAB) while engineering programs are examined by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Receiving a credential from an accredited program generally means that you are able to register in your province with the professional body that regulates that profession. These professional bodies include those responsible for lawyers, doctors, accountants, technologists and professional engineers.
Accreditation is the means by which an authoritative body (such as the ANAB) gives formal recognition that an organization (such as a CB) is competent to carry out specific tasks. Accreditation provides assurance to a CB’s customers that the CB continues to operate according to internationally accepted criteria. Accreditation is used to validate or verify the conformance of a certification body to the requirements of national and/or international criteria. An accreditation body is an organization that grants the authority to issue certificates to the certification body. An accredited certification body is an organization assessed and recognized by an accrediting body for its competence to audit and issue (and withdraw) certification attesting that an organization, product, or person meets the requirements of a standard or other requirements. An organization considering certification rightfully wants to know about the reputation and competence of the CB it selects. The organization want
A. In the United States, accreditation is a process of voluntary, non-governmental review of educational institutions and programs. Institutional accreditors review entire colleges and universities. Specialized agencies award accreditation for professional programs and academic units in particular fields of study. As a specialized agency, CACREP grants accreditation for graduate level counseling programs that have substantially met and exceeded the CACREP standards set by and for the profession.
It means that a college or organisation is listed with the government to offer accredited qualifications; and It means that the qualification offered by the college or organisation is listed with the government. Vocational accreditation is a government term not an academic term. The government introduced it so that vocational skills across all organisations in Australia would be the same.
