As a step towards speeding up the implementation of NEP 2020 in higher education, deputy chief minister of Karnataka Ashwath Narayana has asked all the vice-chancellors of the state to submit action plan for obtaining NAAC and NIRF recognition within 15 days.
The decision was taken after a more than three-hour meeting with the VCs in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
In a competitive world, every university should obtain the NIRF rank and each college should get a NAAC accreditation, said Ashwathnarayana, who is also the higher education minister of the state.
For MoU’s with global education institutes and obtaining grants, these two rankings are needed, he added.
At present, IISc tops the universities league table of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). While the University of Mysore ranks #27, Bangalore University ranks #68, Kuvempu University (Shivamogga) ranks #73 and VTU is placed 80th in the national rankings.
In the next ranking, Ashwathnarayana said, Mysuru should be within 20 ranks, BU should be within 50 ranks, and VTU also should be in a better position. Tumkur and Mangalore Universities should be within 150 ranks.
Out of 19 state universities in Karnataka, six are in the A and above category of the NIRF ranking list, four are in the B-A category. Two have applied for ranking, four have not applied and three are not qualified for ranking.
Out of 430 colleges in the state, as many as 50 colleges have not obtained NAAC accreditation. Atleast 230 colleges should be accredited by NAAC in the next three years, the deputy CM said. Two NAAC coordinators are appointed in each university and are holding workshops for colleges for preparing for the accreditation.
As many as nine colleges are in the A and above category. As many as 170 colleges are in B-A category. As many as 246 colleges do not have NAAC accreditation, and 26 colleges are not qualified for NAAC accrediatation. Presently, nine colleges have applied for NAAC and the remaining 167 colleges are not qualified for applying.
Improve this and in the next three years, 230 colleges should get NAAC accreditation, he said.
Source: The New Indian Express
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