SQAAF
SQAAF is the CBSE School Quality Assessment and Assurance Framework. Every CBSE school must do a yearly self-review across seven areas and upload it to the SARAS portal. ProofSchool helps you collect that feedback — for your teachers and for the whole school.
What it is
SQAAF was made by CBSE with PARAKH (under NCERT), in line with NEP 2020. From the 2024-25 academic year, every CBSE school must do it every year.
Your school looks at itself across seven areas (SQAAF calls them domains), collects feedback, decides what to improve, and gives itself a rating. You upload this to the SARAS portal.
The final rating is given by CBSE's own assessor teams — not by the school alone, and not by any software company.
The seven areas
ProofSchool gives you feedback for all seven areas: teacher reviews for the teaching areas, and a whole-school review for the rest. For parts that need documents — records, policies, certificates — you still upload those to SARAS yourself.
| Area | What it covers | Feedback from |
|---|---|---|
| Curriculum, teaching & assessment | How teachers teach and test, rated by students, the principal, the head of department, fellow teachers, and the teacher. | Both reviews |
| Infrastructure | Facilities, safety, and upkeep — rated by students, parents, teachers, and outside members. | Whole-school review |
| Staff (human resources) | Teacher growth and training, from the teacher's own review plus the principal and head of department. | Both reviews |
| Inclusion | Support for every kind of learner, in class and across the school. | Both reviews |
| Management & governance | How the school is run and how clearly decisions are shared with staff and parents. | Whole-school review |
| Leadership | Feedback on the school's leadership from staff and stakeholders. | Whole-school review |
| Satisfaction | Anonymous feedback from students and parents about the school. | Both reviews |
Two reviews
ProofSchool does two things. Together they cover every SQAAF area.
Five voices rate each teacher: students, the principal, the head of department, fellow teachers, and the teacher's own review.
Covers: the teaching areas — curriculum and assessment, staff growth, inclusion, and student satisfaction.
Six groups give feedback about the school: students, parents, teachers, heads of department, the principal, and outside members. ProofSchool shows the patterns and what changed since last term.
Covers: facilities and safety, how the school is run, leadership, and overall satisfaction.
Every report gives a clear rating — Needs growth, Developing, Strong, or Excellent — with strengths, areas to grow, and next steps.