Benefits of Joining NAAC College
NAAC
certification is a measure to evaluate and then guarantee a standard of
education provided in higher institutions across the nation. The University
Grant Commission (UGC) has issued a
decree stipulating that every university and faculty must get certification by
the council called NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council).
Role
Of NAAC Accreditation In Higher Education
Education
is the most important pillar of a nation for its development. As a result, the
excellence and relevance of programs offered by the university must have a
standard. As in every arena of business, the method of improving quality
has a predefined set of measures. Colleges must find and recognize additional
requirements to satisfy them per the international standards.
The
role of NAAC Accreditation is to bring the best in every institution and help
institutions grow across research, innovation, student success, governance
& more.
Importance
Of NAAC Accreditation For Students & HEIs
NAAC
accreditation identifies the quality of the institute in terms of its
education, research, faculty, infrastructure, etc., as well as giving students
confidence that they are selecting a quality institution. It gives an institute
instant credibility and increases its admissions.
The top
advantages of obtaining NAAC accreditation for higher education institutions
& students.
1: SWOT
Analysis & Continuous Evaluation
NAAC
accreditation process helps the institution identify its weaknesses, strengths,
opportunities, and threats using a continuous evaluation process.
This is
the greatest benefit of NAAC accreditation for students as well as HEIs.
2: Best
Practices For Quality Improvement
he SWOT
analysis further enables the institutions to understand the need
for planning in the internal areas and allocating resources.
3:
Ensures Teaching Success
The
accreditation journey introduces institutions to modern and
innovative educational methods.
In the
long run, it elevates the institution’s image and offers a new direction
of success.
4:
Improves Internal Processes & Communication
In
order to ensure seamless internal processes during the NAAC accreditation, HEIs
focus on inter-and-intra institutional communication and thus
eliminates the communication gap between faculty & students.
5:
Maximizes Recruitment Rate Of Students
The
accreditation journey provides the institutions with consistent details about
the quality of courses offered so that the colleges can adopt the
best practices. An organization prefers to recruit candidates with better
knowledge & skills.
Importance Of NAAC Accreditation College ?
NAAC
accreditation is beneficial to University, Faculty members, Parents, Students,
Alumni as well as Employers.
·
University being accredited usually signifies
that it has met certain standards of excellence across its operations.
·
It signifies to the parents that their ward
goes through a teaching-learning environment as per accepted good practices.
·
Students studying in NAAC accredited
universities can be assured that university has essential and desirable
features of quality professional education.
·
An accreditation impacts on the companies
visiting the campus, thereby increasing the diversity of career opportunities
available to students on campus.
·
While applying abroad for further studies
universities/colleges often look at the NAAC accreditation status of
university, to gain a better understanding of your performance as a student. So
accreditation, increases students’ chances of admission for further studies.
·
Financial aid is available only to students
who enrol at a college, university, or other institution of higher learning
that has been accredited by an accreditation organization
·
The possibility of a tie - up with a good
university (exchange programs) abroad for students increases if the university
is NAAC accredited
·
It reassures alumni that they are products of
an institute with a higher standing in terms of learning.
·
To achieve NAAC accreditation we have to pass
through different processes and students play a crucial role in this process.
BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
·
Institution
to know its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through an informed review
process
·
Identification
of internal areas of planning and resource allocation
·
Collegiality
on the campus
·
Funding
agencies look for objective data for performance funding
·
Institutions
to initiate innovative and modern methods of pedagogy
·
New
sense of direction and identity for institutions
·
The
society look for reliable information on quality education offered
·
Employers
look for reliable information on the quality of education offered to the
prospective recruits
·
Intra
and inter-institutional interactions
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs),
with a record of at least two batches of students graduated, or been in
existence for six years, whichever is earlier, are eligible to apply for
the process of Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) of NAAC, and fulfil the
other conditions or are covered by the other provisions, if any, mentioned
below:
1.
Universities
(Central / State / Private / Deemed-to-be) and Institutions of National Importance
Provided the Institutions /Deemed to-be
Universities and their offcampuses if any are approved by MHRD/UGC. NAAC will
not consider the unapproved off-campuses for A&A.
Provided that these institutions have
regular students enrolled in to the full time teaching and Research programmes
offered on campus.
Provided further that the duly
established campuses within the country, if any, shall be treated as part of
the Universities / Institutions of National Importance for the A&A process.
NAAC will not undertake the
accreditation of off-shore campuses
2. Autonomous colleges /Constituent
Colleges / Affiliated Colleges (affiliated to universities recognised by UGC as
an affiliating University)
Provided the Colleges are affiliated to
a University recognised by UGC for the purposes of affiliation. Constituent
colleges of a Private and Deemed- to be Universities are considered as the
constituent units of the University and thus will not be considered for A&A
independently. Such constituent colleges need to come along with the University
Provided the colleges / institutions not
affiliated to a University are offering programmes recognized by Statutory
Professional Regulatory Councils and have been recognised by Association of
Indian Universities(AIU) or other such Government agencies concerned, as
equivalent to a degree programme of a University
3. Accredited HEIs applying for
Reassessment or Subsequent Cycles (Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4) of Accreditation
Institutions, which would like to make
an improvement in the accredited status, may apply for Re-assessment, after a
minimum of one year and before three years of accreditation subject to the
fulfilment of other conditions specified by NAAC from time to time for the
purpose.
Institutions opting for Subsequent Cycles
(Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4) of Accreditation can submit the Institutional
Information for Quality Assessment (IIQA), during the last 6 months of validity
period subject to the fulfilment of other conditions specified by NAAC from
time to time for the purpose.
4. Any other HEIs at the discretion
of NAAC.
WHY NAAC Accreditation College ?
UNITS OF ASSESSMENT
NAAC's instrument is developed
to assess and grade institutions of higher education through a
three-step-process and make the outcome as objective as possible.
Though the methodology and the broad framework of the instrument
is similar, there is a slight difference in the focus of the
instrument depending on the unit of Accreditation, i.e., Affiliated
/ Constituent colleges / Autonomous colleges / Universities / Health
Science / Teacher / Physical Education.
·
Institutional
Accreditation
·
University:
University Central Governance Structure along with all the Under Graduate and
Post Graduate Departments.
·
College:
Any College - affiliated, constituent or autonomous with all its departments of
studies.
·
Department
Accreditation
·
Any
department/School/Centre of the University.
·
Presently,
NAAC is undertaking only institutional accreditation. Experts groups have been
constituted to work on Program Accreditation.
GRADING
Institutions are graded for each Key
Aspect under four categories, viz. A, B, C and D, denoting Very good, Good,
Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory levels respectively.
The summated score for all the Key
Aspects under a Criterion is then calculated with the appropriate weightage applied
to it and the GPA is worked out for the Criterion.
The Cumulative GPA (CGPA), which gives
the final Assessment Outcome, is then calculated from the seven GPAs pertaining
to the seven criteria, after applying the prescribed weightage to each
Criterion.
ADVANTAGES
OF CGPA
·
Letter
grades converted to Numerical Grade Points (overall score in Cumulative Grade
Point Average)
·
Qualitative
measurements converted to grade points
·
Wider
scope for normalizing the scores
·
Extreme
biases (if any) could be minimized
·
A
one point difference between two letter grades, with 50 or 100 points assigned
between two successive letter grades results in appreciable finetuning of the
process
·
Relative
evaluation would be more exact, due to a reduction in variations and standard deviations
Inter-Peer Team variations are
substantially reduced with scare scope for adjustment at any stage, the peer
team judgment would be more accurate
