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Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
02-April-2018 19:32 IST
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
02-April-2018 19:32 IST
Ranking and Accreditation System for Higher Educational Institutions
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on 29th September, 2015 to rank institutions across the country. The
parameters for ranking broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and
Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation
Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.
In
India, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) does
the institutional assessment and accreditation, while National Board of
Accreditation (NBA) does programmatic accreditation of technical
programmes and courses.
India Rankings 2016 and 2017 have already been released which are available at ‘https://www.nirfindia.org/Home’. India Rankings, 2018 is set to be released in the first week of April 2018.
The
University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued the Mandatory Assessment
and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions, Regulations, 2012,
whereby all eligible Higher Educational institutions are required to
get themselves accredited.
To
rationalize the expansion of courses in engineering / technical,
management etc. and to bring quality in technical education, AICTE has
made it mandatory to have NBA Accreditation for institutions seeking new
courses / expansion of existing courses.
Ranking
promotes competition among the Universities and drive them to strive
for excellence. Government has also started a scheme called
‘Institutions of Eminence’ in which 20 institutions both public and
private, would be selected on challenge method and they would be
actively supported to come up in the global rankings.
In NIRF, to promote Research and Development in Higher Education, ‘Research and Professional Practices’ has been given the highest weightage of 40%, for ranking Universities.
This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.
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