NAAC and the old A&A framework

• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established by the UGC in September 1994 at Bangalore for evaluating the performance of the Universities and Colleges in the Country.
• NAAC's mandate includes the task of performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation of universities and colleges in the country.
• The philosophy of NAAC is based on objective and continuous improvement rather than being punitive or judgmental, so that all institutions of higher learning are empowered to maximize their resources, opportunities and capabilities.
• Assessment is a performance evaluation of an institution and /or its units and is accomplished through a process based on self-study and peer review using defined criteria.
• Accreditation refers to the certification given by NAAC which is valid for a period of five years. At present the Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC is done on a voluntary basis.

The Shift is:

1. from qualitative peer judgement to data based quantitative indicator evaluation with increased objectivity and transparency
2. towards extensive use of ICT confirming scalability and robustness
3. in terms of simplification of the process drastic reduction in number of questions, size of the report, visit days, and so on
4. in terms of boosting benchmarking as quality improvement tool. This has been attempted through comparison of NAAC indicators with other international QA frameworks

Criterion wise Benchmark system adopted from CHEMS (Commonwealth Higher Education Management System 1996) methodology.

5. introducing Pre-qualifier for peer team visit, as 25% of system generated score
6. introducing System Generated Scores (SGS) with combination of online evaluation of Quantitative metrics and peer judgement of Qualitative metrics.
7. in introducing the element of third party validation of data
8. in providing appropriate differences in the metrics, weightages and benchmarks to universities, autonomous colleges and affiliated/constituent colleges
9. in revising several metrics to bring in enhanced participation of students and alumni in the assessment process.

1. IIQAInstitutional Information for Quality Assessment
2. SSRSelf Study Report
3. DVVData Validation & Verification
4. SSSStudents Satisfaction Survey
5. Peer Team Visit
6. Result

1. 1.Executive Summary
2. 2.Profile of the Institution
3. 2(a).Institutional preparedness for NEP
4. 3.Extended Profile of the Institution
5. 4.Quality Indicator Framework (QIF)

1. Curricular Aspects
2. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
3. Research, Innovations and Extension
4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources
5. Student Support and Progression
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
7. Institutional Values and Best Practices