Wednesday, July 17, 2019

St Joseph’s College bags top NAAC grade

Trichy:17.07.2019

St Joseph’s College has become the first autonomous arts and science college in the country to secure the prestigious A++ rank for the fourth cycle of accreditation. College principal Rev Dr M Arockiasamy Xavier said the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has rated the institution A++ with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.58 of 4 in the new format with 70% quantitative and 30% qualitative metrics.

Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, he said it has added one more feather to the institution at a time when its 175th year celebrations areon. The principal said the institution enjoysthe privilegeof being the only college with “special heritage” status from the University Grants Commission in Tamil Nadu.

“We applied for the IV cycle of NAAC accreditation process in March after seven years. A team visited the college for assessment of its human, infrastructural and financial resources besides its yeoman service,” Dr Arockiasamy said. The achievement will help students of the college to get due recognition from institutions when they go for higher studies and organisations when they go for a job, he said. TNN

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