National Assessment and Accreditation Council

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has recently come under fire from the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General for errors in its assessment procedures.

About NAAC

The University Grants Commission (UGC) established the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1994 as an independent organisation with its headquarters in Bengaluru.
In accordance with the UGC Act 1956, the Department of Higher Education established the University Grants Commission, a statutory agency tasked with coordinating, establishing, and maintaining the standards of higher education in India.
Making quality assurance a crucial component of higher education institutions' operations is the mission of NAAC, which is expressed in its vision statement.
With grades ranging from A++ to D, it evaluates and certifies Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
Whether or not a higher education institution satisfies the requirements of quality specified by the evaluator in terms of curriculum, faculty, facilities, research, and other parameters, it is accredited through a multi-layered procedure.

Process of Accreditation

The NAAC is contacted by the institute to begin the accreditation process.
A self-study report (SSR), containing data on both quantitative and qualitative measures, must be submitted by the applicant.
The data is subsequently verified by NAAC expert teams, and then peer teams made up of assessors selected from universities all around India make site visits.

Initiatives

The UGC introduced a programme called "Paramarsh" in 2019. In accordance with the plan, several of the top-performing institutions were chosen to mentor at least five other institutions applying for accreditation.
The NAAC has considered the idea of granting Provisional Accreditation for Colleges (PAC), a two-year accreditation that would be available to institutions that had been operating for one year.

For the next 15 years, all higher education institutions are expected to achieve the highest level of accreditation, according to the National Education Policy (2020).

Source: Indian Express

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