Accreditation Notations
N.1 Admission Standards
N.1.1 The entrance requirements are now below those set by the Association for the programme (Licentiate/Diploma, Bachelor of Theology, Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, Doctor of theology)
N.1.2 This school does not screen carefully enough before admission.
N.1.3 This school is not sufficiently free to select or reject students
N.2 Faculty
N.2.1 This school now has fewer than the required number of full time teaching faculty members with academic qualifications adequate for the programme (LTh, BTh, BD/MDiv, MTheol, DTheol).
N.2.2 The full time faculty is insufficient in size for the number of students enrolled.
N.2.3 The student/faculty ratio is in excess of 20:1, which jeopardizes educational standards.
N.2.4 This school has inadequate faculty development policy.
N.2.5 This faculty is not representative in certain fields.
N.2.6 Faculty members are unduly diverted from their essential tasks.
N.2.7 The ratio of full-time national faculty to full-time foreign faculty is less than 2:1.
N.2.8 This school has no sufficient provisions for faculty scholarly research and writing.
N.2.9 This school does not have a conscious women faculty development plan.
N.3 Curriculum and Field Education
N.3.1 The curriculum seems fragmented by having too many courses that do not cohere within a specific framework or thrust.
N.3.2 The relation between class hours and the time provided for independent study is disproportionate.
N.3.3 The curriculum is insufficiently related to the contemporary situation of church and society.
N.3.4 The curriculum is weak in women’s concern and issues.
N.3.5 The curriculum is weak in issues and concerns regarding persons with special needs (differently-abled, homosexual, HIV/AIDS, etc).
N.3.6 The curriculum is weak in the areas of the history, culture and religions of the nation and of the region.
N.3.7 Academic and practical disciplines are not coordinated and/or do not encourage contextualization in theological reflection and action.
N.3.8 The planning and/or supervision of field education internship is inadequate in this school.
N.3.9 The academic and practical disciplines do not give adequate priority to equipping students to enabled Christian community to recognize the gifts of its members and prepare them to carry out their diverse ministries in the world.
N.3.10 This school is not making adequate efforts to improve the effectiveness of teaching by using innovative methods or by sharing creative educational skills and instructional tools in the wider educational context.
N.3.11 Insufficient emphasis is placed on the academic language reading comprehension as a tool for study.
N.3.12 The curriculum is weak in the following aspects:
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N.4 Library
N.4.1 The library does not have the required number of titles for the programme levels (licentiate, bachelor, masteral or doctoral level)
N.4.2 The quality of books and other learning resource materials is below standard.
N.4.3 There are insufficient books in the national language
N.4.4 There are insufficient books and other learning resources materials on gender concerns and issues.
N.4.5 There are insufficient books and other learning resource materials on issues and concerns regarding persons with special needs (differently-abled, homosexual, HIV/AIDS, etc.).
N.4.6 The selection of titles is inadequate in certain fields.
N.4.7 The selection of periodicals is inadequate.
N.4.8 The circulation of books and other learning resource materials appears to be low.
N.4.9 The library cataloguing systems needs improvement
N.4.10 The library budget is inadequate for the necessary acquisitions. When the library has met only the accreditation minimum 5% of the budget is expected. Where the minimum library acquisition has been doubled, then 4%.Where the minimum acquisition is tripled beyond, then 3%.
N.4.11 The librarian(s) is (are) not professionally trained.
N.4.12 The library space is insufficient for the student population.
N.4.13 The library administration is deficient in the following respects:
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N.5 Community Life and Spiritual Formation
N.5.1 The emphasis on nurture, spiritual discipline, and worship is inadequate. The school does not foster a renewing spiritual formation which is effectively integrated with academic study for Christian life, growth and action.
N.5.2 Relationships and community life are poor in the following areas:
a. Faculty-administration
b. Faculty-faculty
c. Faculty-students
d. Students-students
N.5.3 Students participation in education policy-making and planning is weak.
N.6 Governance and Management
N.6.1 The Board of Trustees/Governors has no clear understanding of its task and does not properly discharge its responsibilities.
N.6.2 The composition of the Board of Trustees/Governors does not provide for a reasonable representation of lay people, women, alumni, and/or persons chosen from other sectors of the community such as education, finance, or the profession.
N.6.3 The appointing bodies do not act responsibly in selecting representatives to the Board of Trustees/Governors.
N.6.4 The faculty does not exercise effective control over admission, the curriculum, or other aspects of the academic life of the school, including field education.
N.6.5 The management structure of this school is inadequate to carry out the program.
N.6.6 This school does not have a clearly stated purpose for its existence.
N.6.7 This school does not have a systematic way of promoting and remunerating the faculty and staff.
N.6.8 The school is late in submitting reports.
N.6.9 The management of this school needs improvement in the following ways.
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N.7 Finances
N.7.1 This school is too dependent on financial support from abroad (Exceeds 50% of its financial requirements).
N.7.2 The school has made little progress in developing local support (has generated less than 5% local support for the last 3 years)
N.7.3 Faculty and staff salaries are low in comparison with the prevailing standards in comparable/similar academic community or church within the region/locality.
N.7.4 Faculty terms of service are not satisfactory in the following aspects:
7.4.1 Fringe benefits such as paid sabbatical, health insurance, retirement, maternity/paternity leave, academic scholarships
7.4.2 Ranking and promotion.
7.4.3 Security of tenure.
N.7.5 The budget is not complete and/or realistic in the following respects:
7.5.1 No audited financial statements.
7.5.2 No designated staff to manage the finances.
N.7.6 The school does not provide adequate funds for faculty, staff and student recruitment programs.
N.7.7 The financial management is inadequate in the following respects:
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N.8 Relationship of the School with other Schools, the Church, and the Community
N.8.1 This school does not have creative relationships with other theological schools.
N.8.2 The school does not have creative relationship with the church in the following respects:
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N.8.3 The school does not have creative relationship with the university or other departments in the university system.
N.8.4 The school does not have meaningful relationship with the community in the following respects:
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N.8.5 The school does not foster the unity of the church in the following ways:
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N.8.6 This school is unduly restricted in its freedom to determine its programs by its relations either to the church, or the university of the state educational system.
N.9 Buildings, Grounds and Equipment
N.9.1 The physical plant is inadequate in the following ways:
N.9.2 The physical plant is not being used to full advantage.
N.9.3 The grounds or buildings of the school are not adequately maintained.
N.9.4 This school has not taken sufficient precaution to secure the safety of its plant and facilities, e.g. against fire hazards.
N.9.5 The educational equipment of the school is inadequate in the following ways:
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