Higher education is one of the complex systems of the whole process of education which facilitate teaching, research, extension, and understanding. Quality in higher education means the educational process is such that it ensures students achieve their goals and thereby satisfies the needs of the society and help in national development. Higher education imparts in-depth knowledge and understanding so as to advance the students to new frontiers of knowledge in different walks of life. The ‘quality’ of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) is a major concern: for actual and potential students, for government, for industry and for the staff of the HEIs themselves. Therefore the question arises automatically-Assessment and accreditation Focus on Quality sustenance and quality enhancement; promote the culture of self-appraisal and self-evaluation; create a climate conducive for healthy competition among higher education institutions to pursue quality; help institutions to carry out their strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis, and in making their programmes more attractive to the students and to their potential employers and so on which will be discussed in the paper.

Key Words: Quality, Accreditation, Quality sustenance, Quality enhancement, Self-appraisal, Threat analysis.