Understanding Revised NAAC Grading Pattern

Abstract

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of University Grant Commission (UGC), it has been merely 26 years since the inception of NAAC, whose Accreditation to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India is mandatory likewise only a NAAC Accredited higher learning institutions are eligible for UGC and other various grants. Moreover, NAAC accreditation determines the quality of the institute in terms of education, infrastructure, research, teaching & learning, etc.NAAC Accreditation helps a learning institution to know its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through the various review process, likewise in initiating modern pedagogical methods and in receiving grants from the Government’s various bodies. Importantly, it helps students to know details of the educational institution in terms of infrastructure, quality of education, research output, etc. Therein, NAAC Accreditation is indispensable to HEIs in India, and this paper, the prime focus of research has been to unravel the revised NAAC Grading Pattern because, in the end, a ‘Grade’ determines the quality of an institution.