National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: TOI
Context: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) removed 900 peer reviewers following corruption allegations linked to bribery in accreditation grading.
About National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC):
• What is NAAC?
• NAAC is an autonomous body under the University Grants Commission (UGC) responsible for assessing and accrediting higher education institutions (HEIs) in India.
• NAAC is an autonomous body under the University Grants Commission (UGC) responsible for assessing and accrediting higher education institutions (HEIs) in India.
• Established In: Founded in 1994, following recommendations from the National Policy on Education (1986) and Programme of Action (1992).
• History & Evolution:
• Created to address the deterioration in higher education quality in India. Initially focused on voluntary accreditation, but later made mandatory for funding and recognition.
• Created to address the deterioration in higher education quality in India.
• Initially focused on voluntary accreditation, but later made mandatory for funding and recognition.
• Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Aims of NAAC: Enhance Education Quality: Evaluate and ensure standards in higher education institutions. Promote Institutional Accountability: Encourage self-evaluation and transparency in HEIs. Facilitate Accreditation & Ranking: Provide grading based on performance for academic institutions. Encourage Research & Innovation: Support institutions to improve academic and research excellence. Strengthen Higher Education Policy: Assist the UGC and Government in policy formulation.
• Enhance Education Quality: Evaluate and ensure standards in higher education institutions.
• Promote Institutional Accountability: Encourage self-evaluation and transparency in HEIs.
• Facilitate Accreditation & Ranking: Provide grading based on performance for academic institutions.
• Encourage Research & Innovation: Support institutions to improve academic and research excellence.
• Strengthen Higher Education Policy: Assist the UGC and Government in policy formulation.
• Functions & Powers of NAAC: Institutional Accreditation: Assesses colleges, universities, and deemed-to-be universities. Eight-Grade CGPA Grading System: Institutions are ranked from A++ to D, with D being unaccredited. Periodic Review & Compliance: Monitors institutions and ensures quality control measures. Online & Hybrid Evaluation Model: Implements virtual assessments for transparency. Fraud Prevention & Integrity Measures: Prevents corruption, bias, and bribery in grading.
• Institutional Accreditation: Assesses colleges, universities, and deemed-to-be universities.
• Eight-Grade CGPA Grading System: Institutions are ranked from A++ to D, with D being unaccredited.
• Periodic Review & Compliance: Monitors institutions and ensures quality control measures.
• Online & Hybrid Evaluation Model: Implements virtual assessments for transparency.
• Fraud Prevention & Integrity Measures: Prevents corruption, bias, and bribery in grading.