Eligibility Criteria for Institutions (w.e.f. 1st November 2013)
1) The following types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are eligible to apply for the process of Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) of NAAC, if they have a record of atleast two batches of students graduated or been in existence for six years, whichever is earlier and fulfill the other conditions or are covered by the other provisions, if any, mentioned below :
a) Universities (Central/State/Private/Deemed-to-be) and Institutions of National Importance
Provided further that the duly established campuses within the country, if any, shall be treated as part of the universities / Institutions of National Importance for the A&A process
NAAC will not undertake the accreditation of off-shore campuses
b) Colleges (i.e., colleges/institutions affiliated to, or constituent of, or recognized by universities, including autonomous colleges)
Provided Teacher Education / Physical Education colleges shall have a standing of atleast three years..
However, colleges/institutions offering programmes recognized by Statutory Professional Regulatory Councils concerned as equivalent to a degree programme of a university shall also be eligible for A&A even if such colleges/institutions are not affiliated to a university.
2) Any other HEIs at the discretion of NAAC.
Note: The NAAC accreditation does not cover distance education units of HEIs.
Process
NAAC's process of assessment is towards holistic, systematic, objective, data-based, transparent and shared experience for institutional improvement.
The process for assessment and accreditation broadly consists of:
1. Preparation of Self-study Report (SSR), and uploading on the institution website prior to submission of LOI.
2. On-line submission of the Letter of Intent (LOI).
3. On-line submission of Institutional Eligibility for Quality Assessment (IEQA) for applicable institutions.
4. Submission of Hard Copies of SSR
5. Peer team visit to the institution.
6. Final decision by NAAC.
The procedure and time line has been revised from 1st August, 2015. For details please click the link “ Revised time line and procedure for accreditation”
Note: The LOIs/IEQA/SSRs submitted upto 31 July 2015 will be processed as per the existing procedures. For details please click the link “ Duties and responsibilities of NAAC"
Documents to be submitted
SSR
On submission of SSR, following documents have to be enclosed,
Colleges
1. If there is a change in the name of the institution, necessary approvals from the affiliating university and UGC
2. Statement of Compliance
LOI
During online submission of LOI, the following documents (if applicable) have to be uploaded in .pdf form.
Colleges :
1. Latest letter of affiliation from the parent university
2. UGC 12B recognition certificate
3. Latest grant certificate
4. Latest recognition / approval letter from a regulatory authority, if the HEI is offering professional courses for
e.g., AICTE, NCTE, DCI, etc…
5. Letter from UGC regarding award and continuance of autonomy
6. Letter from UGC regarding award of CPE
7. Suggestive format for Affiliation letter from the Universities
Units of Assessment
NAAC’s instrument is developed to assess and grade institutions of higher education through a three-step-process and make the outcome as objective as possible. Though the methodology and the broad framework of the instrument is similar, there is a slight difference in the focus of the instrument depending on the unit of Accreditation, i.e., Affiliated / Constituent colleges / Autonomous colleges / Universities / Health Science / Teacher / Physical Education.
Institutional Accreditation:
University: University Central Governance Structure along with all the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Departments.
College: Any College - affiliated, constituent or autonomous with all its departments of studies.
Department Accreditation: Any department/School/Centre of the University.
Presently, NAAC is undertaking only institutional accreditation. Experts groups have been constituted to work on Program Accreditation.
Criteria for Assessment
NAAC has identified the following seven criteria to serve as the basis of its assessment procedures:
1. Curricular Aspects
2. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
3. Research, Consultancy and Extension
4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources
5. Student Support and Progression
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
7. Innovations and Best Practices
Key Aspects
The Seven Criteria is further divided into "Key Aspects”. Certain important Assessment Indicators are identified under the Key Aspects and the Seven Criteria which encompasses them, as probes or leads for the Peer Team members to capture the micro-level quality parameters. These indicators facilitate the computing of the Key Aspect-wise Grade Points (KA-GPS) and the Criterion-wise Grade Point Averages (CR-GPAs) in order to arrive at the quality status of the institution.
Assessment Outcome
There are two outcomes of Assessment and Accreditation:
1.Peer Team Report
The qualitative part of the outcome is called Peer Team Report (PTR) which is an objective report prepared by the Team highlighting its evaluative judgements, mostly using precise keywords instead of long sentences.
2.Institutional Grading
The quantitative part of the outcome comprises the criterion-wise quality assessment, resulting in the final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), a letter grade and a performance descriptor. The CGPA, letter grade and the performance descriptor constitute the certification by the NAAC on institutional accreditation. Thus, at the end of A&A process, each applicant institution will be awarded with a Letter Grade to represent its quality level along with its Performance Descriptor and Accreditation Status, based on the CGPA earned by it through the assessment process, as mentioned below:
1) The following types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are eligible to apply for the process of Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) of NAAC, if they have a record of atleast two batches of students graduated or been in existence for six years, whichever is earlier and fulfill the other conditions or are covered by the other provisions, if any, mentioned below :
a) Universities (Central/State/Private/Deemed-to-be) and Institutions of National Importance
Provided further that the duly established campuses within the country, if any, shall be treated as part of the universities / Institutions of National Importance for the A&A process
NAAC will not undertake the accreditation of off-shore campuses
b) Colleges (i.e., colleges/institutions affiliated to, or constituent of, or recognized by universities, including autonomous colleges)
Provided Teacher Education / Physical Education colleges shall have a standing of atleast three years..
However, colleges/institutions offering programmes recognized by Statutory Professional Regulatory Councils concerned as equivalent to a degree programme of a university shall also be eligible for A&A even if such colleges/institutions are not affiliated to a university.
2) Any other HEIs at the discretion of NAAC.
Note: The NAAC accreditation does not cover distance education units of HEIs.
Process
NAAC's process of assessment is towards holistic, systematic, objective, data-based, transparent and shared experience for institutional improvement.
The process for assessment and accreditation broadly consists of:
1. Preparation of Self-study Report (SSR), and uploading on the institution website prior to submission of LOI.
2. On-line submission of the Letter of Intent (LOI).
3. On-line submission of Institutional Eligibility for Quality Assessment (IEQA) for applicable institutions.
4. Submission of Hard Copies of SSR
5. Peer team visit to the institution.
6. Final decision by NAAC.
The procedure and time line has been revised from 1st August, 2015. For details please click the link “ Revised time line and procedure for accreditation”
Note: The LOIs/IEQA/SSRs submitted upto 31 July 2015 will be processed as per the existing procedures. For details please click the link “ Duties and responsibilities of NAAC"
Documents to be submitted
SSR
On submission of SSR, following documents have to be enclosed,
Colleges
1. If there is a change in the name of the institution, necessary approvals from the affiliating university and UGC
2. Statement of Compliance
LOI
During online submission of LOI, the following documents (if applicable) have to be uploaded in .pdf form.
Colleges :
1. Latest letter of affiliation from the parent university
2. UGC 12B recognition certificate
3. Latest grant certificate
4. Latest recognition / approval letter from a regulatory authority, if the HEI is offering professional courses for
e.g., AICTE, NCTE, DCI, etc…
5. Letter from UGC regarding award and continuance of autonomy
6. Letter from UGC regarding award of CPE
7. Suggestive format for Affiliation letter from the Universities
Units of Assessment
NAAC’s instrument is developed to assess and grade institutions of higher education through a three-step-process and make the outcome as objective as possible. Though the methodology and the broad framework of the instrument is similar, there is a slight difference in the focus of the instrument depending on the unit of Accreditation, i.e., Affiliated / Constituent colleges / Autonomous colleges / Universities / Health Science / Teacher / Physical Education.
Institutional Accreditation:
University: University Central Governance Structure along with all the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Departments.
College: Any College - affiliated, constituent or autonomous with all its departments of studies.
Department Accreditation: Any department/School/Centre of the University.
Presently, NAAC is undertaking only institutional accreditation. Experts groups have been constituted to work on Program Accreditation.
Criteria for Assessment
NAAC has identified the following seven criteria to serve as the basis of its assessment procedures:
1. Curricular Aspects
2. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
3. Research, Consultancy and Extension
4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources
5. Student Support and Progression
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
7. Innovations and Best Practices
Key Aspects
The Seven Criteria is further divided into "Key Aspects”. Certain important Assessment Indicators are identified under the Key Aspects and the Seven Criteria which encompasses them, as probes or leads for the Peer Team members to capture the micro-level quality parameters. These indicators facilitate the computing of the Key Aspect-wise Grade Points (KA-GPS) and the Criterion-wise Grade Point Averages (CR-GPAs) in order to arrive at the quality status of the institution.
Assessment Outcome
There are two outcomes of Assessment and Accreditation:
1.Peer Team Report
The qualitative part of the outcome is called Peer Team Report (PTR) which is an objective report prepared by the Team highlighting its evaluative judgements, mostly using precise keywords instead of long sentences.
2.Institutional Grading
The quantitative part of the outcome comprises the criterion-wise quality assessment, resulting in the final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), a letter grade and a performance descriptor. The CGPA, letter grade and the performance descriptor constitute the certification by the NAAC on institutional accreditation. Thus, at the end of A&A process, each applicant institution will be awarded with a Letter Grade to represent its quality level along with its Performance Descriptor and Accreditation Status, based on the CGPA earned by it through the assessment process, as mentioned below:
NAAC
(NATIONAL Assessment and Accreditation COUNCIL)
Assessment and Accreditation
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Assessment and Accreditation
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Institution to know its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through an informed review process.
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Identification of internal areas of planning and resource allocation collegiality on the campus.
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Funding agencies look for objective data for performance funding.
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Institutions to initiate innovative and modern methods of pedagogy.
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New sense of direction and identity for institutions.
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The society look for reliable information on quality education offered.
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Employers look for reliable information on the quality of education offered to the prospective recruits.
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Intra and inter-institutional interactions.
Benefits of Accreditation
Accreditation facilitates
Accreditation facilitates
Range of institutional Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
Implementation of revised Grading System of NAAC w.e.f. 1st July 2016
As per the decision of Executive Committee the Grading System of NAAC has been
revised as below. The revised grading system will come into effect from 1st July 2016.
CGPA Letter Grade Status
3.76 - 4.00 A++ Accredited
3.51 - 3.75 A+ Accredited
3.01 - 3.50 A Accredited
2.76 - 3.00 B++ Accredited
2.51 - 2.75 B+ Accredited
2.01 - 2.50 B Accredited
1.51 - 2.00 C Accredited
≤ 1.50 D Not Accredited
• The present system of descriptors for letter grades, i.e., Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, is discontinued in the revised grading system.
• All higher education institutions for which visits will take place from 1st July 2016 onwards will be graded as per the revised grading system irrespective of date of submission of Self Study Report (SSR).
• As of now except for the letter grades to be assigned, all other aspects of Assessment and Accreditation methodology such as the Criteria, Key aspects, calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) etc. and the manuals remain the same.
• Higher Education Institutions already accredited in the earlier grading system will continue with the same accreditation status till validity period.
Institutions which secure a CGPA less than or equal to 1.50 will be intimated and notified by the NAAC as “assessed and found not qualified for accreditation”.
Period of validity of accreditation
The accreditation status is valid for five years from the date of approval by the Executive Committee of the NAAC.
Implementation of revised Grading System of NAAC w.e.f. 1st July 2016
As per the decision of Executive Committee the Grading System of NAAC has been
revised as below. The revised grading system will come into effect from 1st July 2016.
CGPA Letter Grade Status
3.76 - 4.00 A++ Accredited
3.51 - 3.75 A+ Accredited
3.01 - 3.50 A Accredited
2.76 - 3.00 B++ Accredited
2.51 - 2.75 B+ Accredited
2.01 - 2.50 B Accredited
1.51 - 2.00 C Accredited
≤ 1.50 D Not Accredited
• The present system of descriptors for letter grades, i.e., Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, is discontinued in the revised grading system.
• All higher education institutions for which visits will take place from 1st July 2016 onwards will be graded as per the revised grading system irrespective of date of submission of Self Study Report (SSR).
• As of now except for the letter grades to be assigned, all other aspects of Assessment and Accreditation methodology such as the Criteria, Key aspects, calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) etc. and the manuals remain the same.
• Higher Education Institutions already accredited in the earlier grading system will continue with the same accreditation status till validity period.
Institutions which secure a CGPA less than or equal to 1.50 will be intimated and notified by the NAAC as “assessed and found not qualified for accreditation”.
Period of validity of accreditation
The accreditation status is valid for five years from the date of approval by the Executive Committee of the NAAC.