Audit & Accredit: Turn Meaningful Service into Recognized Learning
An Exclusive Offering to Schools in India
Add an accredited global-citizenship framework to the service-learning projects your school already delivers.
The Opportunity
The problem:
Schools already run meaningful service, CAS, or community-engagement projects, but participation alone doesn't demonstrate learning or give students strong evidence for university applications.
Our solution:
Audit & Accredit adds an independent educational framework with preparation, reflection, assessment, and formal recognition — without replacing the service-learning projects the school already runs.
Run in partnership with the Centre for Global Citizenship Studies (CGCS), our Audit & Accredit program enables schools to turn existing service-learning or community-impact projects into structured, assessed global-citizenship learning experience leading to an accredited student certification.
How It Works
Nominate:
School identifies an existing service/community project
Audit:
CGCS reviews the project against its learning and accreditation framework
Approve
Project becomes an approved pathway toward the Diploma in Social Impact & Community Engagement
Learn & Act
Students complete structured online learning and take part in the project
Assess & Recognize
Students complete coursework and reflections and receive an Ofqual-regulated certification upon completion
About the Centre for Global Citizenship Studies
CGCS develops and assesses global-citizenship and service-learning programs.
The Diploma is a Level 3 qualification on the UK's Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), delivered by CGCS as a NOCN-approved learning centre within the UK's Ofqual-regulated qualifications framework — the same regulatory ecosystem A-levels and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) sit in.
In the Audit & Accredit model, the school owns and delivers the practical service project; CGCS provides the learning framework, assessment, and formal recognition.
The Diploma at a Glance
Level 3 qualification (RQF)
16 UCAS Tariff points
9 US semester credits
20–21 ECTS points
100% coursework, no exams
Program Structure & Delivery
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Prepare: Complete coursework related to service & community engagement basics, cultural awareness, ethics, safeguarding, and project planning
Act: Complete the school's approved service experience, collecting evidence of contribution and learning
Reflect: Wrap up the experience with guided reflection and assessed coursework, receiving feedback and approval from CGCS
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Everything else self-paced/asynchronous on the CGCS platform
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Semester model — 13 weeks × 2 hrs/week (standard CCA/club slot)
Year-long model — 26 weeks × 1 hr/week
Holiday/intensive block — concentrated delivery over a break or activity week
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Asynchronous Learning:
The school nominates the project, introduces it to students, and coordinates enrollment.
CGCS handles the online learning, materials, assessment, and learner support.
Students complete coursework on their own time within a given timeline.
School Led:
Schools embed the program into a CCA/ECA, global-citizenship club, service-learning pathway, CAS provision, school trip, or community project.
Schools use CGCS-provided lesson plans, discussion questions, student materials, and teacher training to facilitate the coursework.
For Schools
No new trips, providers, or service partnerships required
No curriculum rewrite — CGCS wraps its framework around your existing provision
Sits alongside CAS, Duke of Edinburgh, and NCS — adding UCAS-bearing recognition that those frameworks don't carry on their own
One audit validates a project for 3 years, covering multiple student cohorts
A clear, credible answer for parents asking, "Does this actually count?
The Benefits of Accredited Service Learning
For Students
Earns 16 UCAS Tariff points, 9 US college credits, or 21 ECTS points
Builds concrete, defensible evidence for personal statements and interviews — not just a line on a CV
Turns existing service work into a formally recognized, transcript-backed qualification
No exams — 100% coursework
For Teachers
No new assessment infrastructure or teacher training investment beyond short onboarding
Assessment, moderation, and certification handled entirely by CGCS academic staff — no additional marking load
Flexible delivery: teach it yourself (CGCS-trained) or let students complete independently via the platform
Fits directly into an existing CCA/ECA, club, or CAS slot — nothing new to build from scratch
For Parents
Converts vague advice ("get involved in community work, it matters") into an accredited pathway with a certificate, transcript, and UCAS points attached
One of the lowest-cost, highest-credibility additions available compared to test prep, consultants, or research mentorships already being considered
Why Now
1.3M+
Indian outbound students, with the "Big Four" (US, UK, Canada, Australia) absorbing 75%+ of that pool — an increasingly saturated, high-academic-parity applicant field.
86%
US colleges rate extracurricular activities as important or very important in admissions (NACAC survey).
58%
US admission leaders said community service positively impacts acceptance decisions and 53% said it can be the deciding factor (61% at private institutions specifically)
Pricing and Consultation
A one-time US $1,500 school audit fee validates an existing project for 3 years — allowing multiple student cohorts to work on the same project and complete the Diploma. Student registration and assessment are enrolled separately.