All But One Deemed Varsities Score A, B
Anubhuti Vishnoi
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New Delhi
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BLACKLISTED TO STAR PERFORMERS 17 of 38 deemed to be univs found deficient earlier have now earned an `A' rating from NAAC
An autonomous body set up by the country's top higher education agency has given a neargreen signal to all 38 deemed universities that had been blacklisted in 2009 for failing to meet a range of quality parameters.The National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC), established by the University Grants Commission, in a report submitted last month to the Supreme Court, placed 17 of the 38 deemed universities in Category A and assigned one Nehru Gram Bharti University in Allahabad to Category C. The NAAC report was reviewed by ET.
The NAAC's recommendations come almost a year after a UGC report had given a clean chit to all except seven of the deemed universities that had been blacklisted six years ago.
The NAAC, which assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in the country , also placed these seven institutions in Category A or B. The panel awarded Category A rating to Bharath University, Chennai; Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, and Manav Rachna International University , Faridabad.
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST) University, Thanjavur; Vinayaka Missions University, Salem; Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai, and Institute of Advanced Studies in E d u c a t i o n , S a r d a r s h a h r, Rajasthan, got a Category B rating.
Institutions graded A, B and C are considered very good, good and satisfactory , respectively , and are accredited, while grade D is an `unsatisfactory' rating and not accredited, according to the NAAC website.
The latest development could mean a complete reprieve for the deemed universities that had been declared severely quality deficient in 2009 by a committee headed by PN Tandon.
“With the Supreme Court accepting NAAC's new gradation, the human resource development ministry should instruct UGC to take all policy decisions based on NAAC accreditation and not the Tandon classification,“ Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam, dean of SASTRA University in Thanjavur, told ET.
The quality of deemed varsities has been questioned repeatedly.During the second stint of the Congress-led UPA government, then HRD minister Kapil Sibal ordered a review through the Tandon committee, which found 44 of the 126 deemed universities to be seriously deficient.
These institutions challenged the Tandon committee report in court, while some of them opted out of the deemed varsity system and applied instead for Institute of National Importance status, after which 38 of the 44 varsities have been under the scanner.
A UGC panel set up in 2014 to examine afresh the 44 blacklisted varsities effected a surprising U-turn, saying that no more than seven of them were found to be inadequate on specified standards and should face action. The report of the committee headed by UGC vice chairman H Devaraj was accepted by the UGC.
The NAAC's recommendations come almost a year after a UGC report had given a clean chit to all except seven of the deemed universities that had been blacklisted six years ago.
The NAAC, which assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in the country , also placed these seven institutions in Category A or B. The panel awarded Category A rating to Bharath University, Chennai; Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, and Manav Rachna International University , Faridabad.
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST) University, Thanjavur; Vinayaka Missions University, Salem; Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai, and Institute of Advanced Studies in E d u c a t i o n , S a r d a r s h a h r, Rajasthan, got a Category B rating.
Institutions graded A, B and C are considered very good, good and satisfactory , respectively , and are accredited, while grade D is an `unsatisfactory' rating and not accredited, according to the NAAC website.
The latest development could mean a complete reprieve for the deemed universities that had been declared severely quality deficient in 2009 by a committee headed by PN Tandon.
“With the Supreme Court accepting NAAC's new gradation, the human resource development ministry should instruct UGC to take all policy decisions based on NAAC accreditation and not the Tandon classification,“ Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam, dean of SASTRA University in Thanjavur, told ET.
The quality of deemed varsities has been questioned repeatedly.During the second stint of the Congress-led UPA government, then HRD minister Kapil Sibal ordered a review through the Tandon committee, which found 44 of the 126 deemed universities to be seriously deficient.
These institutions challenged the Tandon committee report in court, while some of them opted out of the deemed varsity system and applied instead for Institute of National Importance status, after which 38 of the 44 varsities have been under the scanner.
A UGC panel set up in 2014 to examine afresh the 44 blacklisted varsities effected a surprising U-turn, saying that no more than seven of them were found to be inadequate on specified standards and should face action. The report of the committee headed by UGC vice chairman H Devaraj was accepted by the UGC.
Source: Economic Times, 2-12-2015
