How OpenEduCat Meets Global Standards
Accreditation bodies around the world require specific grading scales, audit trails, transcript formats, and reports. OpenEduCat ships with pre-built compliance for 8 major regulatory frameworks, so your registrar does not have to configure grading rules from scratch before an accreditation visit.
Each compliance module was built by working backward from what the regulatory body actually requires: the exact grade bands, the specific report formats, the data fields auditors ask to see. This page maps each framework to the OpenEduCat features that address it.
8 Regulatory Frameworks, Pre-Built
Select a framework to see exactly how OpenEduCat addresses its requirements.
NAAC
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Accredits higher education institutions across India. OpenEduCat maps to all six NAAC criteria, teaching-learning, research, student support, and governance.
UGC
University Grants Commission
Mandates the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) with 10-point grading for all central and state universities. OpenEduCat implements CBCS exactly as UGC 2015 specifies.
NCAAA
National Centre for Academic Accreditation and Assessment
Accredits higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Requires bilingual Arabic/English transcripts and specific GPA honours thresholds.
QAA
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Sets the UK Quality Code for Higher Education. OpenEduCat handles Credit Weighted Average grading, UK Honours classification, capped resits, and compensation boards.
BAN-PT
Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi
Indonesia's national accreditation board for higher education. OpenEduCat implements the DIKTI 9-grade scale, IPS/IPK dual GPA system, and SKS credit units.
CUE
Commission for University Education
Regulates university education in Kenya. OpenEduCat supports the KAG East transcript format, supplementary exam capping, and Year-1 CGPA exclusion policies.
Bologna Process
European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
The European credit transfer framework used across 49 countries. OpenEduCat generates the ECTS grading table and Diploma Supplement (Section 8) with cohort-based statistical distribution.
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
US federal law governing student records privacy. OpenEduCat provides role-based access control, full audit logs, student consent workflows, and on-premise deployment for data sovereignty.
Why Compliance Matters When Selecting Education Software
Non-compliance is not an abstract risk. It shows up in specific, expensive ways.
Accreditation visits require documentation
When an accreditation team arrives, they want to see data, pass rates, CGPA distributions, student progression reports, faculty-student ratios. If your ERP cannot generate those reports directly, your staff spends weeks building spreadsheets before every visit.
Grading scale errors have real consequences
A graduation with incorrect CGPA computation due to a misconfigured grading scale is not a minor bug. It is a re-examination of every degree issued in that cycle. Compliance-ready software ships with the correct scale pre-validated.
Data privacy is an active regulatory requirement
FERPA in the US, PDPA in Thailand, and GDPR in Europe all impose specific technical controls, access logs, consent records, right to erasure. These cannot be retrofitted easily; they need to be designed into the system from the start.
Auditors look at the software, not just the policies
NAAC assessors and QAA reviewers increasingly ask for live demonstrations of how data is collected and reported. A system that matches the regulatory framework makes those conversations straightforward.
What “Pre-Built Compliance” Actually Means
Every compliance framework has three layers: the grading rules (what scale, what pass mark, what honours thresholds), the process rules (how resits work, how promotions are decided, what grace mark policies apply), and the reporting requirements (what data accreditors and regulators need to see, in what format).
When we say OpenEduCat ships pre-built compliance, we mean all three layers are configured in the relevant country module before your registrar logs in for the first time. The CBCS 10-point scale is already there. The ATKT promotion rules are already there. The CBCS transcript format is already there. Your team does not configure these , they verify them and go.
That said, pre-built does not mean locked. Every parameter, grade bands, pass marks, ATKT backlog limits, grace mark maximums, is configurable by your institution. The defaults are correct for most institutions in that regulatory context, but institutions with local variations can adjust without code changes.
There are also things OpenEduCat generates that your institution is still responsible for. For example, OpenEduCat generates the ECTS Diploma Supplement with the correct grading table, but your institution is responsible for submitting it to receiving institutions and ensuring it meets any country-specific formatting requirements beyond the standard template. We generate the data; the submission workflow is yours.
Coverage at a Glance
| Body | Region | Grading Scale | Transcript | Compliance Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAAC | India | CBCS 10-point | India CBCS | Student progression, CGPA distribution |
| UGC | India | CBCS 10-point, GTU | CBCS + Marksheet | AISHE data, pass/fail rates |
| NCAAA | Saudi Arabia, GCC | Gulf 4-point, Gulf 5-point | Bilingual AR/EN | Student-faculty ratio, graduation rate |
| QAA | United Kingdom | UK Honours (CWA) | UK Module Assessment | External examiner, compensation board |
| BAN-PT | Indonesia | DIKTI 9-grade | Transkrip Akademik | IPS/IPK, SKS, Predikat |
| CUE | Kenya | Kenya Standard 4-point | KAG East format | Statement of results, CGPA standing |
| Bologna | Europe (49 countries) | ECTS A–E / FX / F | Diploma Supplement | ECTS grading table (Sec. 8) |
| FERPA | United States | US GPA 4-point | US course grade report | Audit log, access controls, consent |
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