Get NAAC accreditation as soon as possible: J&K govt to colleges

Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, J&K, asks college principals to adopt technological tools such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) and strive hard to achieve quality standards.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has directed all colleges in the union territory to get themselves evaluated and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) within the shortest possible time.  Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, issued the instructions at a meeting with principals of colleges in the Jammu division. 

Focus should be on quality education 

A senior official said, “The focus of higher education must be on the quality of learning and teaching. To this end, all colleges would get themselves evaluated and accredited by the NAAC within the shortest possible time.” Kansal directed for an audit in all colleges to determine the quality of the academic input and emphasised on the need for course or options revision and modernisation of syllabus, he said. 

He said with the introduction of the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020, the focus has moved to quality education, flexibility in curriculum and globalisation of outlook. During the meeting, Kansal informed about the implementation of the NEP from the 2022-23 academic session. He said, “Colleges would be encouraged to exchange knowledge and expertise globally. 

Innovation and incubation would be fostered in a hub-and-spoke model and expert assistance and guidance would be provided by universities and other premier institutes such as the IIT-Jammu and the IIM-Jammu.” He stressed the main aim of an institute of higher learning is to impart humanistic, modern, and high-quality education and asked principals to introduce regular systems of pupil feedback.  

He also asked the principals of Jammu and Kashmir colleges to adopt technological tools such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) and strive hard to achieve quality standards and learning outcomes.  

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