Panjab University submits self-study report for NAAC grade renewal
Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Friday submitted the self-study report to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council for the NAAC grade’s renewal
Eight months after its National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grade expired, Panjab University (PU) on Friday submitted the self-study report (SSR) to the accreditation body for the grade’s renewal.
The varsity has already submitted its Institutional Information for Quality Assessment (IIQA) that officials said had been accepted by NAAC.
As per the procedure laid down by the council, IIQA is to be submitted before SSR that is filed 45 days after IIQA acceptance. IIQA ascertains whether an institution is “accreditation ready”.
PU’s NAAC grade had expired on June 24, 2022, but the varsity was not ready to go for another round of accreditation at that time.
NAAC accreditation is a performance indicator for higher educational institutes and is mandatory for applying for funds from central agencies. An NAAC grade ‘A’ is the eligibility criteria for even for the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) grant.
During the last NAAC visit in 2015, the council had given the university an A-grade with a comprehensive score of 3.35 out of four.
The re-application process has been significantly delayed because the university last year struggled to collect the data for SSR for which a panel was also constituted.
Meanwhile, the varsity is yet to implement some of the major recommendations made by NAAC team during its last visit, including the consolidation of small cognate departments and recruitment of more faculty members.
