APACC

The standard of the institution is greatly measured by the qualification of the faculty members and staff. The institution maintains high ranking faculty members in terms of their academic qualifications, experience and professional competence. It maintains an effective system of recruiting, maintaining and developing an adequate number of highly qualified and appropriate faculty members and staff.

Indicators	Elements
Indicator A - Qualifications and Job Descriptions of Faculty Members and Staff	1. The faculty members have the academic qualifications and experience relevant to the courses they are assigned to teach.
	2. The staff possesses relevant academic qualifications and experience needed for their job.
Indicator B - Faculty Members Assignment and Load	1. Teaching load/assignment normally allows time to prepare lessons, check papers and other course requirements, advise students, conduct research and extension activities, and perform other related activities.
Indicator B - Faculty Members Assignment and Load	2. Teacher-student minimum ratio for theory class should be 1:20; and for practical, 1:10 is desirable.
Indicator C - Systems of Recruitment, Compensation, Development and Evaluation	1. There exists a proper procedure of recruiting the best qualified faculty members using as criteria their relevant academic qualifications, teaching competence, scholarly and technical works, industrial experience and professionalism.
	2. The institution maintains a system of compensating and rewarding the faculty members and staff in compliance with the set norms.
	3. An effective faculty members and staff performance evaluation system based on objective criteria is maintained.
	4. Involvement of stakeholders in the selection and hiring of faculty members and staff is ensured.
	5. The institution has adopted and implemented an effective Faculty and Staff Development Program.
	6. The institution has adopted a program of scholarship to send its faculty members and staff for their professional development through training programs or higher degrees.