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Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009
Bangalore : Over 30 per cent of colleges and universities in India are not even eligible for quality assessment!
Of the 834 institutions that applied for Institutional Eligibility for Quality Assessment (IEQA) with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) -- a statutory body of University Grants Commission (NAAC) __ only 575 were recommended for the next stage of assessment. The remaining 259 institutions were rejected. In Karnataka alone, 36 institutions had applied for IEQA, of which 10 were not recommended.
These institutions are given six months to rectify their mistakes to qualify for the eligibility criteria. Among all the states, 37% of institutions which applied for IEQA are from Gujarat -- the highest -- followed by Uttar Pradesh with 12%.
Interestingly, the eligibility percentage is highest in the southern region -- 85 -- followed by East and North-East region (72%). In West region, eligibility percentage is 65 while it's 61% in the North.
NAAC director H A Ranganath told TOI: "We want more colleges to come forward and apply so that they know the significance of quality. As and when we get applications, it will be screened at IEQA. We will continue to help institutions to improve their strengths and weaknesses.''
In Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, New Delhi and Puducherry, all institutions were recommended for the second phase of assessment.
HOW ASSESSMENT IS DONE
There are four steps for assessment under the new methodology effective from April 1, 2007. Under this method, the first assessment is with IEQA, which has 25 parameters.
It covers issues like teacher-student ratio, good libraries and labs, basic computer education
internet facility, number of add-on courses, career counseling cell and use of audio-visual techniques for teaching. Colleges apply for assessment, and it's sent to IEQA. In other words, it acts as a screening process before sending the applications to NAAC. If colleges fail to satisfy the requirements, they are asked to comply with deficiencies within six months.
Colleges satisfying the criteria are sent to NAAC for the next stage of assessment. A peer team visits the institution to finalize on awarding grade or assessment.
Regions - -Institutions applied-- Recommended --- Not recommended
North----------171------------------- 104--------------------- 67
South ---------148------------------- 126--------------------- 22
East and North-East-----156-----------------112-----------------------44
West--------------359------------------233----------------------126
Total--------------834----------------575------------------------259
At most colleges, there's no quality to be assessed
Bangalore : Over 30 per cent of colleges and universities in India are not even eligible for quality assessment!
Of the 834 institutions that applied for Institutional Eligibility for Quality Assessment (IEQA) with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) -- a statutory body of University Grants Commission (NAAC) __ only 575 were recommended for the next stage of assessment. The remaining 259 institutions were rejected. In Karnataka alone, 36 institutions had applied for IEQA, of which 10 were not recommended.
Interestingly, the eligibility percentage is highest in the southern region -- 85 -- followed by East and North-East region (72%). In West region, eligibility percentage is 65 while it's 61% in the North.
NAAC director H A Ranganath told TOI: "We want more colleges to come forward and apply so that they know the significance of quality. As and when we get applications, it will be screened at IEQA. We will continue to help institutions to improve their strengths and weaknesses.''
In Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, New Delhi and Puducherry, all institutions were recommended for the second phase of assessment.
HOW ASSESSMENT IS DONE
There are four steps for assessment under the new methodology effective from April 1, 2007. Under this method, the first assessment is with IEQA, which has 25 parameters.
It covers issues like teacher-student ratio, good libraries and labs, basic computer education
internet facility, number of add-on courses, career counseling cell and use of audio-visual techniques for teaching. Colleges apply for assessment, and it's sent to IEQA. In other words, it acts as a screening process before sending the applications to NAAC. If colleges fail to satisfy the requirements, they are asked to comply with deficiencies within six months.
Colleges satisfying the criteria are sent to NAAC for the next stage of assessment. A peer team visits the institution to finalize on awarding grade or assessment.
Regions - -Institutions applied-- Recommended --- Not recommended
North----------171------------------- 104--------------------- 67
South ---------148------------------- 126--------------------- 22
East and North-East-----156-----------------112-----------------------44
West--------------359------------------233----------------------126
Total--------------834----------------575------------------------259
Courtesy: Times of India
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