National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

Context

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) removed around 900 assessors after a bribery case and is reforming its accreditation process, including virtual assessments and a new binary accreditation system set to launch in May 2024.

What is NAAC?

Established in: 1994
NAAC is an autonomous government body.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Education
It is responsible for conducting evaluations of higher educational institutions (colleges and universities) in India.
The evaluation is carried out to derive an understanding of education quality (Quality Status) among different institutes.
NAAC assesses if the institutes comply with the quality standards in different areas such as educational processes, teaching-learning process, faculty, infrastructure, research, learning resources, organization, governance, student services and financial well-being.
Education plays a pivotal role in the development of a nation. The teaching and research facilities offered by institutes must have a standard and recognition comparable to international standards.
Purpose: The purpose of NAAC accreditation is to foster the core values within the higher education institutes:
- Contribute towards the development of a high-quality higher education system
- Promote competent skills and value systems among the students studying in higher education institutes
- Foster the use of technology in teaching and research facilities
- Strive for excellence and emerge as top learning centres on the world stage.

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