Overdocumentation & Accreditation Preparation
A three-page document I came across in a college was for documenting events they organise. It carried three stages like pre-event, event and post-event. Each part carried a number of columns to collect information which was indeed quite detailed. I am sure that many who feel like organising an event will be put off by this and might kill the very thought! What surprised me was that much of the information sought is never warranted to impress upon any body that the college has indeed organised anything. It looks like in the fever to push documentation to its limits, the ones in charge leave no stones unturned. Perhaps under the impression that the more columns a document carries, the more impressed the assessors will be! The unanimous cry of complaint against the office of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) that it triggers overdocumentation is not always misplaced. It deserves to be seriously looked into as on objective analysis this is found to be true. Overdocumentation is