STEI SEBI has achieved Excellent accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education (BAN-PT) based on the Decree of the Director of the Executive Board of BAN-PT No. 44/SK/BAN-PT/Ak.KP/PT/I/2023 which will take effect on January 18, 2023. The "Very Good" Decree and Certificate were obtained through the mechanism of the Conversion Supplement Instrument (ISK). ISK is an additional accreditation instrument used for decision-making to convert accredited ratings obtained with the 7 Standard Higher Education Accreditation Instrument into new accreditation ratings in accordance with the APT 3.0 instrument with 9 standards. To note, accreditation ratings with 7 standards are A, B, C, and Not Accredited, while accreditation ratings with 9 standards are Excellent, Very Good, Good, and Not Accredited.
Accreditation conversion was conducted by STEI SEBI to ensure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the tri dharma of higher education. The accreditation process was done by a team formed based on the Decree of the Chairman of STEI SEBI. The accreditation process follows the new provisions of accreditation 9 standards issued by BAN-PT. SEBI's STEI accreditation, which is still valid until April 2023, needs to be converted to a new standard by meeting the Conversion Supplement Instrument (ISK) mechanism.
"Actually, SEBI's institutional accreditation is still valid until April 2023. Since there are new regulations regarding 9 standard accreditations, SEBI is given the opportunity to conduct ISK. This means that we are allowed to convert the previous accreditation standard to the new standard." said Dr. Sepky Mardian, SAS as the Head of the Work Team.
The team formulated the ISK document for approximately 3 months. After all stages and completeness in ISK are met, the document is uploaded online old SAPTO (Online Higher Education Accreditation System) managed by BAN-PT. Based on monitoring the status of ISK submissions at SAPTO, it is known that SEBI's STEI accreditation has passed the conversion of accreditation ratings from the original "B" to "Very Good" as of January 18, 2023.
“... We did this UTI effectively for 1 month, but we didn't do it continuously so we needed about 3 months. The completed ISK was submitted in early December 2022 on the SAPTO website. Alhamdulillah, as of January 18, 2023, ISK was declared accepted and SEBI's STEI accreditation was successfully converted from Good to Very Good," said Sepky.
Furthermore, the reaccreditation process will follow the new provisions, namely through direct monitoring by BAN-PT of SEBI's STEI tridharma data in the Higher Education Database (PDDikti) or what is called the Accreditation Rating Monitoring and Evaluation Instrument (IPEPA). "Accreditation of these 9 standards emphasizes more on outputs that must be integrated from all tridharma activities of higher education. For this reason, this fulfillment requires serious attention to the importance of implementing the Internal Quality Assurance System (SPMI) of higher education," explained Sepky. STEI SEBI through the Internal Quality Assurance Unit has established quality standards and conducts periodic quality audits of units under STEI SEBI. The results of the internal quality audit become data that illustrates the performance achievements of the tridharma of higher education and has been used as one of the baselines in determining STEI SEBI's work program in 2023 and beyond.