Dispur’s Fund-Cut Threat Pushes Colleges To Approach NAAC

Dispur’s Fund-Cut Threat Pushes Colleges To Approach NAAC

GUWAHATI: Rattled by fund cut threat many colleges & universities in Assam have approached the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to get its accreditation.

Sources in the Education department told The Sentinel that many colleges and few universities were adopting a casual approach to get the National Assessment and Accreditation Council accreditation. In view of such casual approach the Assam Government last year decided not to give development grants to colleges and varsities which do not have National Assessment and Accreditation Council accreditation.

“The government’s tough decision has compelled colleges and universities to apply for the NAAC accreditation. The NAAC will visit these institutions of higher education to make a ground assessment of colleges before giving its accreditation,” the source said.

With an aim to ensure quality education the University Grants Commission (UGC) has made it mandatory for all universities, colleges and institutions of higher learning to obtain accreditation certificates from National Assessment and Accreditation Council. The accreditation helps an institution to identify its strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities.

The action plan last year approved by the State Higher Education department to improve the standards of colleges and universities has made it clear that only those institutions of higher education will be eligible to receive state level development grant provided which have valid NAAC accreditation. Without NAAC accreditation a college or university will get grant only if it has submitted the institutional informational for quality assessment to NAAC for the next cycle of accreditation or it is newly established.

The new rule will come into effect from the next academic session scheduled to start from August in 2019.

The new action plan has been prepared following poor performance of colleges and universities of the State in NAAC assessment. Rewards and incentives will be given to those institutions who have achieved Grade A and above.

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