NBA ACCREDITATION DEADLINE DRAWING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
AICTE made it mandatory for technical institutes such as Engineering, Management, Pharmacy etc. by publishing it in “Approval Process Handbook 2018-19” (a legal document) to have their 60% programs NBA accredited in next 4 years. It reiterated its resolve in the Handbook 2020-21 and warned that institutes failing to do so shall not be accorded […]
Feedback for Improvements Required in the NAAC System
Deficiencies in the Quality Indicator Framework Relating to General University (A) Criterion- I Metric 1.1.2. SOP by NAAC on this metric is not accurately framed. It forbids inclusion of a content change whereas, the template of this metric provides for a university to state the percentage of ‘content changed’. I recommend that in 5 years, […]
NAAC Becomes Mandatory, Inevitable and Acquires a New Purpose
Draft National Education Policy-2019 is all set to be rolled-out, anytime. Of the many far-reaching reforms, NAAC emerges as a big game-changer. Institutes ‘Not Accredited’ by 2030 by NAAC shall cease to exist or would be asked to merge, and would thus lose their identity forever. There will be no single program HEI. All HEIs […]
60% Programs NBA Accreditation- a Must: ‘Do or Die’ Situation for Colleges
Big Question: Can I ignore NBA accreditation of my College Programs? Clear Answer: NO, Sir, AICTE has laid down strict regulations in its “AICTE Approval Process Handbook – 2019-20” for the institutes of technical professional education, including Engineering, MBA/PGDM/Pharmacy/HM etc. It hasn’t let any option for an institute to wriggle out of NBA even if […]
Like it or not, you simply have to lump the NAAC Process
Impression Institutes applying for the NAAC are mostly innocent, and a bit laid back-lackadaisical too . They go by what is given to them in the manual and rarely raise critical issues. While preparing for the accreditation response, however, a large number of professors leading the system get frustrated with the kind of metrics they […]
NAAC Needs a Massive Overhaul in ACCREDITATION
NAAC requires a massive overhaul in its ‘Quality Indicator Framework’. In its current form, it is replete with a number of irrelevant, inapplicable and avoidable metrics which at least 95% of colleges in India can’t demonstrate even 5% of the desired response. Institutes can’t even opt out from some of these. On the other hand, […]
What lets down a University or a College in NAAC Grading ?
1. In a devil’s hurry to apply: Institutes which go for the NAAC accreditation in a jiffy, half-prepared, immediately after becoming eligible i.e.6 years’ of establishment or 2 batches passed out, are bound to meet a waiting disaster. Only if an institute gets ‘A’ series NAAC grade, the chances are that its brand credibility would […]
NAAC PREPARATION- MADE EASY
If you are preparing for the top grade in NAAC accreditation and wish to seek a total clarity on the criteria, key aspects and the metrics, read below to see how experts at the ‘Accreditation-Edge’-India’s top consultancy services provider in NAAC, analyze each issue in minutest of details to ensure that institutes demonstrate their fitness […]
How to search for the most suitable NAAC or NBA Consultant?
Taking consultancy services for the NAAC and NBA accreditation from some of the top NAAC consultants in India, is an undoubtedly a fruitful enabling step. Even NAAC has now realized that institutes do require a hand-holding, and has thus advertised to recruit ‘education consultants’ to mentor institutes. In developed countries too, accrediting agencies make it […]
Don’t go for a Consultant in NAAC accreditation or NBA accreditation if you meet 10 points
1. You should be having an effective IQAC and highly capable Steering Committee with a Chairman who enjoys a good rapport with various faculty and Management, and holds potential to inspire/engage Heads/Deans to own specific criteria, and who is able to consistently monitor the progress made by each key resource Head in his/her respective criteria […]
