NAAC has launched a revised accreditation framework which became operational in July 2017.
New Delhi: NAAC has launched a revised accreditation framework which became operational in July 2017. According to a press release from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the revised framework is ICT enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. In its efforts to remain relevant and globally acceptable, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has taken cognizance of the changing trends in higher education, stakeholder perceptions and feedback, besides the avalanche of experience gained from its accreditation exercise involving more than 11,132 institutions [518 Universities and 10614 Colleges] till July 2017, which stand in good stead in all its endeavours, said the statement.
Over the last few months, NAAC has conducted several rounds of stakeholder interactions, a National Workshop and Meetings of several Working Groups for the preparation of the Manuals for Universities, Autonomous Colleges and Affiliated Colleges. The draft framework was pilot tested on select Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) across the country.
A National Consultation on the Revised Accreditation Framework was held on 25th April, 2017 at New Delhi. Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India, inaugurated the programme in which eminent academicians and educationists actively participated.
The new framework, the statement added that, is a subtle combination of System Generated Scores (SGS) with a combination of online evaluation (70%) and Peer evaluation (30%) which would usher in high level of transparency.
