To be eligible for Institutional Accreditation, institutions must first be registered by the  Grenada National Accreditation Board (GNAB). Registration is intended to safeguard  learners and members of the public and prevent poor quality providers from operating in  the local tertiary education sector. It also encourages institutions to continuously improve  their quality. Registration establishes a formal relationship between GNAB and the  institution. It is the first step towards Institutional Accreditation. In Grenada, institutions  must become accredited or lose their legal authority to operate.  Institutional Accreditation is the status awarded to an institution that successfully  undergoes GNAB’s evaluation process against the stated criteria of educational quality.  Institutional Accreditation considers the holistic characteristics of the institution and  evaluates the organisational capacity to deliver quality educational programmes at the  tertiary level. While specific programmes are not analysed individually, programmes are  reviewed as a part of the consideration of the entire institution. Instead, Institutional  Accreditation examines institutional characteristics such as governance, administrative  strength, academic policies and procedures, quality of faculty, physical facilities and  financial stability