India
Rankings Society - to rank Indian education institutions
AICTE nod to special body for education institutions’ rankings
The All India Council of Technical Education approved this in a meeting on Wednesday.
The Union
Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry is considering setting up a
specialised body, India Rankings Society, to rank Indian education institutions
and help them improve in areas where they are found lagging.
The All
India Council of Technical Education approved this in a meeting on Wednesday.
In 2015, the
HRD ministry launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) to
address the need for an authentic ranking mechanism for educational
institutions.
In the absence
of a specialized body, the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) was given the
task. “Although the NBA has done a commendable job, it was assigned this task
in addition to its already defined job of accreditation. Secondly, it is
envisaged that the specialized rankings society will also guide institutions to
perform better on the parameters on which they are found lagging,”a senior HRD
official said on condition of anonymity.
The plan is
to have universities, engineering, medical, pharmacy, and law colleges, and
business schools ranked by the new body.
Significantly,
the Modi government has focused extensively on improving the global ranking of
Indian institutions. In its first term it launched an Institutions of Eminence
programme aimed at increasing the number of Indian educational institutions in
global rankings.
“The AICTE
in its meeting today has given its in-principle nod to the proposal to set up
the India Ranking Society,” said Anil D Sahasrabudhe, chairman of the AICTE.
In 2017, the
HRD ministry set up the National Testing Agency as a premier, specialist,
autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance
examinations in higher educational institutions.
According to
the HRD official cited above, the ministry may follow the IIM model in setting
up the national rankings body.
In another
decision, AICTE said it would not allow the opening of more pharmacy colleges
in the next two years.
Source | https://www.hindustantimes.com
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