The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established in 1994 as an autonomous body under the University Grants Commission of India to assess and accredit higher education institutions. It was created based on recommendations from the National Policy on Education to address deteriorating quality in higher education. NAAC functions through a General Council and Executive Committee comprised of educational administrators and policymakers. Its aims include assessing institutions, contributing to national development, fostering global competencies in students, and promoting excellence. It grades institutions on a scale from A++ to D based on criteria like research, extension activities, instructional responsibilities and consultancy.

1. TOPIC: NAAC
SEMINAR PRESENTATION
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
KOMAL MADIYAR
M.ED SECOND YEAR
ROLL NO 3
DD VISPUTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

4. NAAC (1994)
 The National Assessment and Accreditation Council
is an autonomous body established by the
University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to
assess and accredit institutions of higher education
in the country .
 It is an outcome of the recommendation of
the National Policy on Education (NPE)

5.  To ensure the satisfactory level of quality in higher
education, they permits the formation of institutions
of higher education with fancy programs of
standard facilities and standard .
 To address the issue of deterioration in quality , the
NPE(1986) and Plan of Action (POA -1992) that
spelt out the strategic plan for the policies,
advocated the establishment of an independent
national accreditation body NAAC in 1994 with its
headquarter at Bangalore.

6.  The NAAC functions through its General Council
(GC) and Executive committee (EC) where
educational administrators, policy makers and
senior academicians from a cross section of higher
education are represented.
 The chairperson of the UGC, is the president of the
GC of the NAAC; the chairperson of the EC is an
academic and administrative head, and is the
member secretary of both the GC and EC

7.  The NAAC also has many advisory and
consultative committee to guide its practices, in
addition to the statutory bodies that steer its
policies.
 The NAAC has a core staff and consultants to
support it’s activities . It also receives assistant from
a large number of external resources persons from
across the country who are not full time staff of
NAAC.

8. AIMS OF NAAC
 To assess and accredit instructions of higher education
in the country .
 Contribution to National Development .
 Fostering global competencies among students .
 Inculcating a value system in students .
 Promoting the use of technology .
 Quest for excellence

9. GRADING
GRADE POINTS
A++ 3.76-4
A+ 3.51-3.75
A 3.01-3.50
B++ 2.76-3.00
B+ 2.51-2.76
B 2.01-2.50
C 1.51-2.00
D Less than 1.51

10. CRITERIAS OF GRADING
 Promotion of research .
 Resource mobilization for research .
 Research facility .
 Research publications and awards.
 Extension activities .
 Instructional social responsibility .
 Consultancy.

11. FUNCTIONS
 Device and establish mechanism for periodic
assessment and accreditation of instructions of
higher learning .
 Assess the quality of institutions of higher education
that volunteer for the process through an
internationally accepted methodology.
 Accredit instructions of higher learning ,
universities, colleges, centers of excellence etc.. &
specific academic programmes.

12.  Set rating parameter & criteria for certifying and grading
higher educational instructions and educational
programmes.
 Develop an information database in higher education to
keep abreast with the latest development in the area of
higher education particularly in the area of assessment
and accreditation.
 Recommend norms to be followed for quality
improvement in teaching and research in higher
education