(a) whether the Government is planning to introduce a national ranking and accreditation
system to identify quality institutions;
(b) if so, the details thereof including the current status of the system and the time by
which it would get fully functional;
(c) the manner in which the system would help to encourage private players; and
(d) the extent to which it is likely to help in achieving excellent education and facilitate
Research and Development in Higher Education?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) : 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.
(b) : India Rankings 2016 and 2017 have already been released which are available at
‘https://www.nirfindia.org/Home’. India Rankings, 2018 is set to release 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.
(c) : 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.
(d) : 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.
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