(a) whether the Government have received any proposal from the State Government of Chhattisgarh regarding setting up of regional office of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC);
(b) if so, the details and the current status thereof;
(c) whether the State Government has given its approval to provide land free of cost for setting up the said office; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which this pending proposal is likely to be sanctioned?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) to (d): Yes, Madam. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has informed that it has received a proposal from the State Government of Chhattisgarh regarding setting up of regional office of NAAC. The State Government has also given its approval to provide land free of cost for setting up the said office.
Instead of opening regional offices, NAAC has introduced several process reforms and Revised Accreditation Framework (RAF), aimed towards making the entire accreditation process Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. NAAC has also ensured expansion of its pool of assessors. Further, to ensure augmentation of the existing capacity for accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions, the University Grants Commission (Recognition and Monitoring of Assessment and Accreditation Agencies) Regulations 2018, have been notified on 14th August 2018. This Regulation will allow more accreditation agencies to come into this sphere of activity.
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