<p>Bengaluru: The National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) has debarred the members of its inspection committee, who were named by the CBI in a bribery case, from the evaluation of the higher educational institutions.</p>.<p>In a release on Saturday, NAAC said, “It has observed that NAAC’s peer review system has faced a challenging situation due to the recent CBI case. These are undesirable to the higher education system, and NAAC being a quality assurance agency is determined to eliminate such practices through definitive actions. While the efforts made in the recent past have helped to improve the processes, considering the current developments, NAAC is planning to take additional steps to refine the system by eliminating the scope for unfair practices in the system.”</p>.<p>“Firstly, the executive committee of NAAC has decided that the current process of accreditation of the university in question in the CBI case is summarily cancelled, and the university will be barred for five years from applying for accreditation. It is also decided that all the seven members of the peer review team are debarred for lifetime in assessment or any other activities of NAAC with immediate effect. In addition, it is decided to review the recent visits to the higher educational institutions by any of the seven members for which the results are not declared,” the release stated.</p>.NAAC inspection committee chairman, JNU professor among 10 held by CBI for graft.<p>The results of such institutions will be withheld, and the standing committee of NAAC may critically review before declaring the results.</p>.<p>“In addition, it’s decided that the visits of members in question to institutions in the last one year will be carefully analysed and put up to the executive committee for further necessary action. Implementation of the new frameworks (basic accreditation and MBGL), along with the use of advanced IT-based features, shall not only bring in objectivity in assessment but also eliminate unfair practices,” it said. </p>.<p>The process of accreditation is pending for some more higher educational institutions which submitted their applications as per the existing revised accreditation framework (RAF).</p>.<p>It has proposed to launch the Basic (Binary) accreditation as per the Dr Radhakrishnan Committee recommendations in April/May 2025 followed by maturity-based graded levels (MBGL).</p>.<p>Special committees are working on the preparation of framework and methodology for MBGL.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) has debarred the members of its inspection committee, who were named by the CBI in a bribery case, from the evaluation of the higher educational institutions.</p>.<p>In a release on Saturday, NAAC said, “It has observed that NAAC’s peer review system has faced a challenging situation due to the recent CBI case. These are undesirable to the higher education system, and NAAC being a quality assurance agency is determined to eliminate such practices through definitive actions. While the efforts made in the recent past have helped to improve the processes, considering the current developments, NAAC is planning to take additional steps to refine the system by eliminating the scope for unfair practices in the system.”</p>.<p>“Firstly, the executive committee of NAAC has decided that the current process of accreditation of the university in question in the CBI case is summarily cancelled, and the university will be barred for five years from applying for accreditation. It is also decided that all the seven members of the peer review team are debarred for lifetime in assessment or any other activities of NAAC with immediate effect. In addition, it is decided to review the recent visits to the higher educational institutions by any of the seven members for which the results are not declared,” the release stated.</p>.NAAC inspection committee chairman, JNU professor among 10 held by CBI for graft.<p>The results of such institutions will be withheld, and the standing committee of NAAC may critically review before declaring the results.</p>.<p>“In addition, it’s decided that the visits of members in question to institutions in the last one year will be carefully analysed and put up to the executive committee for further necessary action. Implementation of the new frameworks (basic accreditation and MBGL), along with the use of advanced IT-based features, shall not only bring in objectivity in assessment but also eliminate unfair practices,” it said. </p>.<p>The process of accreditation is pending for some more higher educational institutions which submitted their applications as per the existing revised accreditation framework (RAF).</p>.<p>It has proposed to launch the Basic (Binary) accreditation as per the Dr Radhakrishnan Committee recommendations in April/May 2025 followed by maturity-based graded levels (MBGL).</p>.<p>Special committees are working on the preparation of framework and methodology for MBGL.</p>