Thrissur: To ensure fairness and transparency in the accreditation process, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has decided to cease direct inspections of colleges. Instead, the NAAC will carry out online assessments from now.
The move follows a bribery scandal involving the inspection of a college under the KLE Foundation in Andhra Pradesh, where the CBI arrested 10 people, including the head of NAAC’s inspection department and senior teachers, for allegedly accepting bribes to award high grades.
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As part of the new directive, all colleges seeking accreditation will now undergo assessments exclusively online. However, university inspections will still require both online and physical visits. This decision aims to eliminate corruption and irregularities.
Accreditation process affects hundreds of institutions
Currently, around 650 institutions are in the midst of the accreditation process, with half having successfully completed the second phase. The new guidelines require all future assessments to be conducted online, and the implementation of the NAAC’s revised accreditation model has been extended to ensure smooth adoption.
The deadline for implementing the newly envisioned basic accreditation model by NAAC has also been extended. Institutions applying for accreditation must now adhere to this updated process.
Published: 14 Feb 2025, 09:46 am IST
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