NBEAC is mandated to assure the quality of business education across Pakistan through its accreditation process. However, a significant number of institutions offering business and management science programs are not yet ready to meet the requirements for full accreditation. The Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC), has desired that all business and management science programs in Pakistan be brought under NBEAC’s quality assurance ambit by August 2027. To bridge this gap, NBEAC has introduced the Business Education Compliance Certification (BECC) as a transitional quality assurance mechanism. BECC enables business schools and affiliated colleges offering business and management science programs to demonstrate compliance with the minimum requirements for offering such programs, while progressively preparing themselves for full NBEAC accreditation.

Compliance certification is mandatory for all non-accredited business and management science programs that have been offered for at least one semester. For the purpose of BECC, a program will be considered a business or management science program if at least 65% of its core courses fall within the business or management science disciplines.

Certification Process:

1. Submission of Compliance Screening Form reviewed within a week,
2. Submission of Compliance Assessment Report Form.
3. One-day on-site visit by a 2-3 member team
4. Submission of an evaluation report
5. Certification decision by the Council
6. Council decision

Compliance Certification Duration:

1. The compliance certificate will remain valid for two years. Where applicable, the renewal process will commence six months before the expiry of the certificate.
2. Upon completion of the prescribed compliance period, the institution will be required to enter the NBEAC accreditation process.
3. Once compliance certification has been awarded to an HEI, all of its affiliated colleges offering business and/or management science programs will also become subject to the compliance certification process.

Fee Structure:

1. PKR 25,000 per program for screening
2. For HEIs: PKR 200,000 for the first program and PKR 100,000 for every additional program
3. For Affiliated Colleges: PKR 100,000 for the first program and PKR 50,000 for every additional program

BECC Documents:

• BECC policy document Aug 2026
• Compliance Assessment Report (Affiliated Colleges)
• Compliance Assessment Report (Universities)
• Compliance Screening Form 2026 (Affilated Colleges)
• Compliance Screening Form 2026 (UniversitiesDAIs)