TPAC FUNCTIONS
The Technology Programme Accreditation Commitee has the power to -

• Consider and decide on matters of policy relating to accreditation of technology programmes, to draw up and to maintain guidelines on matters of policy and the conducting of accreditation visits, subject to approval by the education advisory committee and, thereafter, the executive committee or Council, whichever meets first;
• Compile and maintain a list of persons whom the TPAC considers eligible for appointment as members of any accreditation team and to consult with such institutes and other committees of Council as it may consider expedient for purposes of establishing and maintaining such list of eligible persons;
• Appoint accreditation teams for individual programmes, team leaders and, in the case of a joint accreditation visit with the certificated engineers’ accreditation committee, a visit chair, which shall include the approval of attendance by observers, and to delegate such powers and prescribe the procedures, if any, to the chair of the TPAC as may be necessary to effect the necessary appointments when the TPAC is not in session;
• Approve accreditation visit schedules in collaboration with the certificated engineers’ accreditation committee, reporting deadlines and dates of meetings of the TPAC;
• After consideration of the full reports of accreditation teams, grant accreditation to technology programmes and to withhold accreditation from non-accredited engineering programmes, as the case may be;
• After consideration of the full reports of accreditation teams, recommend to the executive committee or to the Council, whichever meets first, withdrawal of accreditation of any technology diploma and degree programme;
• Confirm the expiry of accreditation of any technology programme in the event of a Higher Education Institution failing to initiate an accreditation visit and to advise the Council or the executive committee, whichever meets first, of such occurrence;
• Issue, annually, a list of relevant technology diplomas and degrees accredited by the TPAC;
• Institute such observation exercises as may be necessary to ensure that ECSA’s accreditation standards are substantially equivalent to those of foreign accrediting bodies with whom ECSA may enter into a mutual recognition agreement;
• Through the qualifications and examinations sub-committee (QEC), evaluate such qualifications which have not been accredited or evaluated by ECSA for purposes of recognition in terms of the Act, or have not been recognised as a result of a mutual accreditation agreement with any foreign accrediting body; and
• Keep the education advisory committee, executive committee or the Council, whichever meets first, informed of decisions taken in terms of these delegated powers, and to report on trends or other matters of professional and public concern arising from its activities.

POLICY
The Policy for the Accreditation of Technology Programmes in Engineering was implemented in 2000 and revised in May 2002. The Policy consists of five Sections as follows:
Section 1: Policy
Section 2: Requirements For Accreditation
Section 3: Accreditation Process
Section 4: Submission Prior To Visit
Section 5: Documentation For Use During Accrediation Visits

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