COIMBATORE: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has decided to speed up the assessment of higher education institutions for accreditation.
According to the new procedure, applicable from August 1, the institutions can submit the letter of intent (LOI) for assessment and accreditation only after uploading the self-study report (SSR) on their websites. The registration fee should be paid within 10 days of submitting the LOI. The NAAC will process LOI and communicate its decision to the institution within 15 days.
Within a week of the LOI’s acceptance, the institutional eligibility for quality assessment (IEQA) must be submitted to the NAAC. The self-study report is to be submitted to the NAAC within two weeks of acceptance of the LOI or IEQA.
The NAAC will constitute the peer team and decide on the dates of its visit to the institution in three weeks of receipt of self-study report. The visit should be completed within one month.
If NAAC finds the LOI deficient, it will be rejected. The institutions will then have to submit it again, with registration charges.
The LOIs, IEQAs and SSRs submitted up to July 31, will be processed as per the existing procedure.
Currently, the LOI is processed within 40 days and the SSR submitted within six months of it. The processing, finalising and intimating the decision on IEQA will take another 75 days. There is no specific time frame for constitution and visit of the peer team, which now takes a few months.
In 2012, the UGC issued the Mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions Regulations, according to which all institutions of higher education had to get NAAC accreditation by June 1, 2014.
Institutions that failed to get accredited were not to get UGC assistance from April 1, 2015. Later, the deadline for accreditation was extended to December 31, 2015.
According to the new procedure, applicable from August 1, the institutions can submit the letter of intent (LOI) for assessment and accreditation only after uploading the self-study report (SSR) on their websites. The registration fee should be paid within 10 days of submitting the LOI. The NAAC will process LOI and communicate its decision to the institution within 15 days.
Within a week of the LOI’s acceptance, the institutional eligibility for quality assessment (IEQA) must be submitted to the NAAC. The self-study report is to be submitted to the NAAC within two weeks of acceptance of the LOI or IEQA.
The NAAC will constitute the peer team and decide on the dates of its visit to the institution in three weeks of receipt of self-study report. The visit should be completed within one month.
If NAAC finds the LOI deficient, it will be rejected. The institutions will then have to submit it again, with registration charges.
The LOIs, IEQAs and SSRs submitted up to July 31, will be processed as per the existing procedure.
Currently, the LOI is processed within 40 days and the SSR submitted within six months of it. The processing, finalising and intimating the decision on IEQA will take another 75 days. There is no specific time frame for constitution and visit of the peer team, which now takes a few months.
In 2012, the UGC issued the Mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions Regulations, according to which all institutions of higher education had to get NAAC accreditation by June 1, 2014.
Institutions that failed to get accredited were not to get UGC assistance from April 1, 2015. Later, the deadline for accreditation was extended to December 31, 2015.
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