Assessment of Institutions Goes
Digital - Now, students will have a say in
accreditation of varsities
Like universities abroad, students in
India will now have a say in assessment and accreditation of their
institutions. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), which
launched its new methodology for grading universities, will give 20% weightage
to online student satisfaction survey while offering accreditation from this
year.
Following
complaints of corrupt practices during assessment, NAAC has made the new
methodology completely digitised with less human intervention. It will also do
away with subjectivity in assessment and grading of higher education
institutions. The council re-opened the process for universities to apply for
assessment on Thursday .The move comes after the HRD ministry had, in March,
asked for a complete overhaul of the accreditation process after concerns were
raised over inferior institutions being granted good grades. The new
methodology gives just 20% weightage to peer team assessment instead of 100% as
in the past in deciding the grade of an institu tion. In top universities
across the globe, students' feedback for faculty courses is mandatory and an
important aspect of assessment. Many universities use this as an internal
ranking parameter as well.
According
to sources, NAAC's SSS will carry 20% weightage during the assessment and
grading. Institutions will have to provide email IDs of students and an online
survey will be conducted. “The online sur vey will be done in the second stage
of the assessment,“ said Virander Singh Chauhan, chairperson of University
Grants Commission (UGC).
The
MHRD, according to sources, had also asked the council to outsource the entire
travel and logistics of the peer team. “Till
now the institutions used to arrange the logistics of the peer team. From now
on, they will have no say in this matter and till the last moment the
institution will not know who is visiting them for the on site assessment, “
said a ministry official. “NAAC is planning to get data submitted by an
institution via Quality Indicator Framework (Self Study Report SSR), validated
by an external agency. “
NAAC
stopped the online application process in March and it convened a consultative
meet in Delhi in April to frame the accreditation guidelines. Sources said the
online application process for colleges is likely to commence from August.
Source |
Times of India | 7 July 2017
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