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NAAC dismisses bribe charge against MSU Baroda officials, releases ratings

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A DAY after The Indian Express reported that the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has withheld the results of the rating for the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda based on allegations that its officials had allegedly bribed the review team, the agency dismissed the charges and decided to release the ratings. It was reported […]

NAAC withholds rating results of MSU Baroda over anonymous tip-off

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Acting on an anonymous tip-off, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has withheld the results of the rating process for Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda based on allegations that it unduly tried to influence members of the peer review team that visited the university with gold, cash and other favours. Following procedure, NAAC has […]

UGC proposes clustering of colleges for multidisciplinary learning

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

These guidelines aim to help State governments and universities frame appropriate rules and policies These guidelines aim to help State governments and universities frame appropriate rules and policies The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised guidelines for transforming colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions and has prescribed three different approaches which include “clustering” of establishments […]

After proposing merger of JEE Main, NEET with CUET, govt now working to combine accreditation and ranking bodies

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

After making a strong pitch for the merger of national level engineering and medical entrances with the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG), the union government is now keen on also merging the accreditation (NAAC) and ranking (NBA) bodies. While the National Assessment and Accreditation Council or NAAC is the only government agency authorised to accredit […]

Lucknow University awarded A++ grade by NAAC

July 26, 2022July 27, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The University of Lucknow has been awarded the A++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) after their three-day visit concluded on Saturday. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor Alok Kumar Rai said with the A++ grade, the university joined the ranks of the best higher educational institutions in the country. Congratulating […]

Punjab Technical University gets B in first-ever NAAC grading, its colleges ranked A+

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Punjab’s first technical university has found itself in a piquant situation with National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarding it grade B in its first-ever inspection for the assessment of the ‘quality status’ even as several colleges affiliated with it secured A+ or A grade. To put things in perspective, A+ equals rank 2 in […]

Give 10% for critical thinking in college papers: NAAC panel

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

An expert panel under the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has proposed that college-level examination papers be redesigned so that at least 10 per cent marks are given based on evaluation of “higher-order cognition” among students to encourage development of critical thinking. The proposal is part of a white paper, published on Wednesday, on […]

Tie-ups between Indian, foreign varsities: UGC begins outreach

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

IN A major push to scale up collaborations between Indian and foreign institutions in higher education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has reached out to nearly 500 foreign universities, located across the US, UK, Europe and East Asia. The commission now plans to hold a meeting with the heads of foreign missions in India to […]