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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 Prgramme 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.
2. 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.
For details, NAAC could be visited on its website:
http://naacindia.org
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