National Assessment and Accredition Council (NAAC)
National Assessment and Accredition Council (NAAC)
National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an
autonomous body, has been established by the University Grants Commission in
1994 in pursuance of the recommendations made by the National Policy of
Education, 1986 and the Programme of Action (POA), 1992 which lay special
emphasis on evaluating the quality of higher education in India. The prime
mandate of NAAC, as envisaged in its Memorandum of Association (MoA), is to
assess and accredit institutions of higher learning, universities and colleges
or one or more of their units, i.e., departments, schools, institutions,
programmes, etc. The NAAC functions through its General Council and Executive
Committee where educational administrators, policy makers and senior
academicians from a cross-section of system of higher education are
represented.
Under the new methodology introduced by NAAC w.e.f.
1st April, 2007, the higher education institutions are assessed and accredited
by a two-step approach. In the first step, the institution is required to seek
‘Institutional Eligibility for Quality Assessment (IEQA)’ and the second step
is the assessment and accreditation of the institute under the grades ‘A’, ‘B’,
‘C’ for accredited institutions; and ‘D’ for those which are not accredited.
NAAC has identified seven criteria- i. Curricular aspects, ii.
Teaching-learning and evaluation, iii. Research, Consultancy and extension, iv.
Infrastructure and learning resources, v. Student support and progression, vi.
Governance and leadership and vii. Innovative practices as the basis for its
assessment procedure.
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