NAAC Revised Assessment and Accreditation Process at a Glance

Recently the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) have revised the Assessment and Accreditation Process launched in July 2017. The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will now be assessed with the new process whose online submission has started from 9 th November 2017. The new process represents an explicit paradigm shift making it ICT enabled, objective, t scalable and robust. Since the process is going to be implemented first time, many institutes are facing many queries to comply with the mandatory requirements of NAAC. The Research paper attempts to address the above issue and provide a glance of the Revised and Accreditation Process thereby by guiding the institutes to apply for NAAC at an ease.


Introduction:
In view with the changing trends in higher education and aligning the reforms and rapidly transforming global education scenario, NAAC has embarked in revising the Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) methodology. Accordingly the Revised Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) Framework was launched in July 2017. Let us take a glance of the revised process. @ IJTSRD | Available Online @ www.ijtsrd.com | Volume -2 | Issue -2 | Jan-Feb 2018 Recently the National Assessment and Accreditation Assessment and launched in July 2017. The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will now be assessed with the new process whose online November 2017. The new process represents an explicit paradigm shift making it ICT enabled, objective, transparent, Since the process is going to be implemented first time, many institutes are facing many queries to comply with the mandatory requirements of NAAC. The Research paper attempts to address the above ce of the Revised Assessment and Accreditation Process thereby by guiding the institutes to apply for NAAC at an ease.

NAAC, Assessment, Accreditation,
In view with the changing trends in higher education the reforms and rapidly transforming global education scenario, NAAC has embarked in revising the Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) methodology. Accordingly the Revised Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) Framework was launched in glance of the revised process.

Revised
Assessment and Accreditation Framework: The Revised process is an explicit paradigm shift from earlier process making it ICT enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. The shift is:  from qualitative peer judgement to data based quantitative indicator evaluation with increased objectivity and transparency  towards extensive use of ICT confirming scalability and robustness  in terms of simplification of the process drastic reduction in nu of the report, visit days, and so on  In terms of boosting benchmarking as quality improvement tool. This has been attempted through comparison of NAAC indicators with other international QA frameworks  Introducing pre-qualifier for as 30% of system generated score.  Introducing System Generated Scores with combination of online evaluation (about 70%) and peer judgement (about 30%)  in introducing the element of validation of data  in providing appropri metrics, weightages and benchmarks to universities, autonomous colleges and affiliated/constituent colleges  in revising several metrics to bring in enhanced participation of students and alumni in the assessment process

Revised Assessment and Accreditation
The Revised process is an explicit paradigm shift from earlier process making it ICT enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. The from qualitative peer judgement to data based quantitative indicator evaluation with increased objectivity and transparency towards extensive use of ICT confirming scalability and robustness in terms of simplification of the process drastic reduction in number of questions, size of the report, visit days, and so on In terms of boosting benchmarking as quality improvement tool. This has been attempted through comparison of NAAC indicators with other international QA frameworks qualifier for peer team visit, as 30% of system generated score.
System Generated Scores (SGS) with combination of online evaluation (about 70%) and peer judgement (about 30%) in introducing the element of third party in providing appropriate differences in the metrics, weightages and benchmarks to universities, autonomous colleges and affiliated/constituent colleges in revising several metrics to bring in enhanced participation of students and alumni in the assessment process  The revised framework will be more ICT intensive and 'outcome based '. The current grading pattern of NAAC (A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C, D) would be continued for accreditation.  A system of applying minimum qualifiers for achieving a grade has been designed and will be implemented. For eg. Universities should score a minimum of 3.01 in Criteria 1, 2 and 3 for achieving a "A" "A+" "A++"grade

Benefits of Accreditation
Accreditation facilitates  Institution to know its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through an informed review process.  Identification of internal areas of planning and resource allocation  Collegiality on the campus.  Funding agencies look for objective data for performance funding.  Institutions to initiate innovative and modern methods of pedagogy.  New sense of direction and identity for institutions.  The society look for reliable information on quality education offered.  Employers look for reliable information on the quality of education offered to the prospective recruits.  Intra and inter-institutional interactions.

Conclusion
The Revised NAAC process is a paradigm shift from earlier process making it ICT enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. However if the points mentioned in the research paper are gone thoroughly will definitely ease on the process for the HEIs.