SQAAF Maharashtra App – Official School Quality Assessment Platform

The SQAAF Maharashtra App, developed by the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Maharashtra, is an official digital platform designed to implement the School Quality Assurance and Assessment Framework (SQAAF) across all schools in the state. This includes government, semi-government, and private schools, ensuring a unified, transparent, and evidence-based approach to evaluating school quality.
Built for both mobile and web, the app empowers school administrators, district evaluators, and education officials to participate in a structured assessment process aligned with national standards of educational excellence.

📌 Purpose and Scope

The app facilitates comprehensive school evaluations across key domains such as:
• Infrastructure and resources
• Teaching-learning processes
• Student outcomes
• School leadership and governance
• Inclusivity and equity

It supports data collection, validation, and analysis, helping schools identify strengths and areas for improvement while enabling authorities to monitor quality benchmarks statewide.

🧭 Core Features and Functionality

🔹 Three-Phase Evaluation Workflow
The app supports all stages of the SQAAF process:
• Self-Evaluation by schools
• External Evaluation by district-level officials
• Review and Reporting by SCERT and education authorities

🔹 Rubric-Based Assessment
Evaluators and schools have access to the full SQAAF framework and rubrics. For each standard, users can select the most appropriate option from a predefined set of criteria, ensuring consistency and clarity in evaluation.

🔹 Evidence Upload
Users can attach supporting documents, images, and reports directly within the app. This feature ensures that every assessment is backed by verifiable evidence, promoting transparency and accountability.

🔹 Remarks and Observations
Evaluators can add contextual remarks for each parameter, allowing for detailed insights and qualitative feedback during both self and external evaluations.

🔹 Digital Certificate Generation
Upon completion of self-evaluation, the app can generate official SQAAF participation certificates for schools, recognizing their engagement in the quality assurance process.

🔹 Secure and Role-Based Access
Each user—whether a school representative or evaluator—is provided with a unique login ID and password, ensuring secure access and role-specific functionality.

🔹 Real-Time Monitoring and Reporting
SCERT and district officials can track progress, view submitted evaluations, and generate reports in real time. The app’s dashboard provides visual summaries and performance analytics for informed decision-making.

🌟 Why Use SQAAF Maharashtra App?

• ✅ Standardized school quality assessment across Maharashtra
• 📱 Easy-to-use interface for schools and evaluators
• 🔐 Secure login and data protection
• 📎 Evidence-based evaluation with document upload
• 📊 Real-time data tracking and reporting
• 🏫 Certificate generation for recognized schools
• 🌐 Scalable for thousands of schools statewide

🚀 Impact and Vision

The SQAAF Maharashtra App is a transformative initiative aimed at elevating the quality of education across the state. By digitizing the assessment process, it reduces manual effort, enhances transparency, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement. It enables schools to self-reflect, supports evaluators with structured tools, and equips policymakers with actionable insights.

Aligned with national education goals and global best practices, the app is a key step toward building an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing school ecosystem in Maharashtra.