SCHOOL AUDIT
IRA’s Audit of School
IRA’s audit is not just a routine administrative exercise but a conscious and focused inquiry into the operations of the school, with the sole objective of ensuring that a student’s educational journey is supported by a framework of standards, safety, resource management, and compliance that continues to remain robust, helping the school in its quest for excellence.
How can IRA’s audit help
A comprehensive audit by IRA helps your school in multitudinous ways:
1. It ensures Academic Standards:
IRA’s audits serve as guardians of your academic quality by meticulously examining curriculum delivery, teaching methodologies, and assessment practices against established local, national, and international standards. This rigorous evaluation guarantees that your students receive a high-quality education that equips them for all their future endeavors.
2. It ensures compliance:
As a school, you navigate a complex web of regulations spanning curriculum standards, student safety protocols, teacher qualifications, and financial management requirements. IRA’s audit helps identify any deviations from these regulations, enabling timely corrective actions to avoid penalties or jeopardizing accreditation status.
3. It improves Resource Management:
Effective resource management is paramount for fostering student success. IRA’s audit scrutinizes the allocation and utilization of resources—be it finances, facilities, or personnel—to pinpoint inefficiencies and areas of wastage. By streamlining resource allocation, our audit empowers your school to maximize its impact and deliver better outcomes for students.
4. It Enhances Accountability and Transparency:
IRA’s audits cultivate a culture of accountability and transparency within your school. Stakeholders, including parents, students, and regulatory bodies, gain confidence in the integrity of your school's operations when they witness evidence of thorough audits and the subsequent implementation of corrective measures.
5. It Promotes Continuous Improvement:
IRA’s audits serve as catalysts for continuous improvement by offering invaluable insights into areas of strength and areas needing development within your school system. Armed with this knowledge, you can implement targeted interventions to enhance teaching and learning processes, bolster student support services, and elevate overall organizational effectiveness, ensuring an ever-evolving educational environment that meets the needs of all learners.
How IRA Can Assist You
IRA Education & Services Stands is an autonomous entity committed to bolstering educational institutions through school audits, guiding them towards the pinnacle of academic excellence. Our all-encompassing 360° assessment provides an impartial evaluation, equipping your school with a roadmap aligned with your vision, spotlighting both the strengths and areas for improvement in your school.
IRA’s Rating Methodology, aligned to the NEP 2020
standards, sets ambitious benchmarks across diverse
domains. These benchmarks serve as catalysts for the
advancement of your school, embracing principles such as
holistic education and organizational transformation.
Through our comprehensive evaluation framework, we elicit
and share profound insights, empowering you to harness
your strengths, pursue meaningful change, and ascend
further up the excellence chain.
IRA’s Value Proposition:
We offer:
➜ Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessments that ensure a holistic and rigorous evaluation process.
➜ The Audit Scorecard provides a meticulous breakdown of institutional strengths and areas for improvement, facilitating targeted differentiation and recommends performance enhancement strategies.
➜ Our developmental roadmap offers a clear trajectory for growth, offering guidance to your school to follow a path of continual improvement towards excellence.
➜ A credibility indicator that can serve as a beacon, reassuring stakeholders of the unwavering quality and integrity of the institution's operations.
➜ Facilitate your journey of excellence by leveraging our expertise, experience, knowledge and resources.
Our standardized audit process is rooted in industry best practices, regulatory guidelines, and stakeholder expectations. We commit to ensuring consistency and reliability in the audit outcomes, instilling confidence in the integrity of our audit process.
Risk Assessment and Mitigation:
Ira conducts rigorous risk assessments to identify potential challenges to your school's operations and reputation. By evaluating risks associated with finances, governance, safety, and academic performance, Ira can assist your school in developing robust mitigation strategies to minimize vulnerabilities and ensure your long-term success.
Main Features of IRA’s Audit:
Assessment Scale:
➤ IRA’s audit process will result in a rating of your school on a 1-5 scale which in turn will offer a clear benchmark for gauging the improvement in school performance and progress over time.
Detailed Reports:
➤ Following the initial assessment, your school will receive a comprehensive report that meticulously outlines areas requiring improvement. This detailed feedback serves as a roadmap for your school to prioritize and implement necessary changes effectively.
Follow-up Audits:
➤ After implementing identified improvements, your school will undergo a second assessment. This follow-up audit will focus on areas targeted for enhancement, as well as evaluating progress made since the initial assessment. This iterative process ensures that your school continues to strive for excellence and address areas of concern proactively.
School Performance Definitions: To provide clarity on performance levels, we have defined specific benchmarks:
Points 1 & 2: Beginner
➤ Schools at this level are in the early stages of development and may require significant support and intervention to meet established standards.
Points 3 & 4:
➤ Advancing - Schools in this category demonstrate progress and improvement, but there is still room for refinement and enhancement to reach optimal performance.
With IRA’s biannual school audits, we aim to help your school achieve excellence, thrive, and
provide the best possible learning environment for students
Audit Areas:
Typical Audit Focus:
Academic Processes
Plan Vs Actuals
- Curriculum Plan Vs Actuals,
- Intergration With NCF FS,
- Integration with NCrF,
- Teaching learning processes Plan vs Actuals,
- Competency development process adopted,
- Assessments as,of & for learning,
- Co & Extra curricular activities,
- Class /teacher /student observation processes,
- Stakeholder management,
- Allaignment with Vision & Mission of the school,
- Issue Resolution,
- Inclusive Practices,
- Counselling and Career Counselling,
- Parent reporting & feedback management,
- Inculcation of ethics and ethos of the school.
Plan vs Actuals
- Admissions & withdrawal,
- Human Resource Development,
- Maintenance,
- Health& safety,
- Procurement & Vendor management,
- Transport & House keeping ,
- Stakeholder Management,
- Class /teacher /student observation processes,
- Stakeholder management,
- Issue Resolution,
- Issue Resolution,
- Resource Management,
- Alignment with Vision & Mission of the school
Process
- Vision,Mision & Quality Objectives,
- Organogram,
- Roles and responsibilities,
- Stakeholder collaboration,
- Reporting systems,
- Financial Managemt,
- Allaignment with Vision & Mission of the school