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Enhancing Quality in Higher Education Institutions Through Accreditation

Author(s) Prof. Ajeya K Gupta, Dr. Pratima Jaiswal
Country India
Abstract Indian Higher Education System is one of the largest system in the world (third, only after USA and China). Moreover, expansion of higher education sector is strategically significant for the variety of other developmental and policy reasons. There were 20 Universities and 500 Colleges at the time of independence. At present, there are more than 517 Universities and 26,000 colleges with larger proportion (65%) coming from private sector. Thus, the most crucial challenge is now to ensure the quality within the framework of acceptability by all its stakeholders along with fulfillment of the goals relating to expansion, equity and empowerment.
It is a well-accepted fact that India faces enormous social challenges as well as opportunities for development in the new millennium. Other countries visualizing a similar future, are investing massively to improve both the quality and quantity of higher education institutions. To address the issue of Quality in Indian Higher Education Institutions, the National Policy on Education (NPE 1986) and the Program of Action (PoA 1992) of Government of India spelt strategic plans for the policies, and advocated the establishment of an independent National Accreditation Body. National Board of Accreditation (NBA) was conceived as a constituent board of the AICTE in September 1994 to address Technical Education Standards, and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established in 1994 to address General Higher Education Institutions through a broad strategy of quality assessment and accreditation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
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Published In Volume 3, Issue 3, May-June 2021
Published On 2021-05-06

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