International Accreditation Organization (IAO) is an international body working to enhance the standards of education for working adults. It operates world-wide, granting educational accreditation upon evaluation to institutions involved in education for working adults.
The main objective of IAO is to increase the standards in education for working adults. To this end, it evaluates and accredits educational institutes for working adults based on its patented evaluation process. After its independent analysis, the IAO allocates a unique points profile© to each institution depending on how close a match it is to the globally accepted standards for working adults. Upon final accreditation the IAO also suggests improvements specifically targeted to working adult education.

Our Mission The mission of International Accreditation Organization is to establish, preserve and promote the finest educational standards for working adults worldwide by working to be a catalyst for information, training and networking to secondary and higher education institutes.

GESFWA

IAO was formed under the banner of Global Education Support Forum for Working Adults GESFWA. GESFWA.is a global non-profit organization that works towards its mission to support, promote and improve education for working adults. Through the facilitation of GESFWA, working adults around the world are able to receive better education while continuing their jobs, thus realizing their full potential. GESFWA has regional and national chapters with native members who are related to the field of education such as faculty members, administrators, members of regional government accreditation bodies, ministry of education officials working for the betterment of education for working adults. IAO earnings go to GESFWA which uses all such funds to provide its chapters’ running expenses click here.

IEAC Membership

IAO is proud to be a member of IEAC, the International Education Accreditation Commission. Devoted to the establishment, maintenance and improvement of standards of accreditation agencies, both distance and online, the IEAC is a private, non-profit organization that co-ordinates accreditation activities across the globe. The IEAC scrutinizes the operations of the accrediting agencies, with a view to determining, ranking and enhancing the quality of work done by them as well as suggesting methods for improvement click here.

Our Standards

At IAO, we have a set of strict educational standards that must be adhered to by all educational institutes. Our standards are specifically tailored for working adults’ education and hence, these cover all aspects of your institution, your programs, fields of study, program costs, flexible learning and your assessment of working adults enrolled at your institution, etc.

Our Evaluators

Our accreditation site-visits and evaluation is done in conjunction with GESFWA’s world-wide chapters and members. In a given regional chapter certain carefully selected top-tier individual members are nominated as IAO evaluators. They then have the responsibility to assess their local and regional institutions for accreditation purposes. As per our mission, all of our evaluators understand their role and take a strong part in upholding global working adult education standards and the prestige that goes with an IAO accreditation.

Co-branded Accreditation Award Program

We extend our Collaboration to all such renowned traditional accrediting bodies that have been awarding accreditation to prestigious institutions in their region for years. We would like to supplement their strict accreditation methods, respected and accepted worldwide with our expertise of pioneering the online educational environment supported by latest technology. For further details click here