NAAC Full Form

Introduction

NAAC works to check the conformance of  standards set for Higher  Educational institutions ( HLI).The quality status of an institution is defined based on certain quality parameters these are as follows :-

• Curriculum coverage and depth

• Education outcomes and processes involved in it 

• Infrastructure say for eg the quality of classes,  labs and Library etc 

• Teaching – Learning process that includes what are the methods of teaching and with time have they evolved or not

• Faculty research

• Learning resources availability

• Organisation as a whole

• Financial well-being

• Student services

Based on these parameters the NAAC grading is given that furthermore adds to the institution . Better the grading, better the quality, the enrollment of students and hence growth of the institution.

Establishment 

The establishment of NAAC came in the backdrop of National Program for education in the year 1986 and the programme of action of the year 1992.In order to address these two programmes via the help of various strategic policies a body was made – the national accreditation agency and simultaneously came the national assessment and accreditation council that is NAAC in the year 1994 with its  headquarters att bangalore. NAAC is an autonomous institution of the University grants commission to the UGC.

History

The Recommendations The National Education Policy Led Toformation Of Naac  In The Year 1994. The Main Agenda Of The Policy Was To Improve The Deteriorating Condition Of Education In The Country. 

Need of NAAC

India is the largest democracy in the world so to cater the large demographic dividend in the country we require NAAC. some of the crucial reasons of having NAAC are as follows-:

• Large and diverse education system of india 

• Privatisation in the education sector

• Wide expansion in the field

• For increased autonomy

• Introduction of new programmes to give education to all

• Improved access to quality education

So in order to fulfil the above arnda the government came up with the concept of NAAC.

Vision

NAAC ‘s vision is to make Higher level quality education a defining feature of our Indian institutions like that of Western countries today with the help of external and self evaluation of institutions and make them better with this initiative.

Mission

NAAC ‘ s Mission has certain key points these are as follows :-

1. Periodic Assessment of higher institutions, Universities or some academic programs or projects

2. Creation of an academic friendly environment that in turn will help in promoting better  teaching – learning and research in higher institutions.

3. Encouraging innovation , accountability , self autonomy and freedom to explore and self evaluation for growth of the institutions.

4. To collaborate with other organisations for betterment in terms of evaluation , assessment and growth .

5. To promote Quality related research , training and programmes.

The Value Framework of NAAC 

NAAC wants to promote these below mentioned core values among all the Higher education institutions in the country:-

• Excellence – In terms of faculty, education, infrastructure, etc 

•  Technology -Promoting the use of cutting-edge technology so as to get an edge in the research work 

• Value system- Inculcating a value system in students and faculty that will promote learning culture in these higher education institutions

• Competitive environment- Fostering a competitive environment at power with the global level so that the students can compete at global level

• National Development -The agenda of developing these world class institutions in the country is to help in the growth and development of the youth of the country that finally will cause growth and development of our country 

NAAC CAMPUS

The campus is at Nagarbhavi opposite National law school in the Bangalore University. It is a five acre large campus made on sustainable lines with keeping in mind the carbon neutral and eco friendly concepts.The campus also has a garden . The NAAC garden is an  eco-sensitive area with around 300 exotic and regional species .

NAAC Headquarters

The Headquarters of NAAC is at Bangalore.

NAAC organisation

The current chairman of the executive committee is Bhushan Patwardhan with S .C.Sharma as the director and professor M. Jagadesh Kumar as the president .

Working

NAAC works through the executive committee and general council which contains world class policy makers , educationalists and academica.the president of UGC is the president of general council of naac that as mentioned above  professor m. jagdesh kumar .

Grading 

The NAAC grades education institutions on the eight grade ladder .In  particular range of the institutional CGPA a particular grade is given followed by accredited non accredited .for A++ GRADE (3.51-4.00 CGPA) , A+(3.26-3.50), A(3.01-3.25), B++(2.76 – 3.00) and so on.

Institutional CGPA ≤ 1.50 is not accredited.