Insisting on the importance of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading for all colleges, Patil said, “All colleges which are running for more than five years will have to get NAAC accreditation otherwise they will not be allowed to admit new batch of students.”
No fresh admissions if no accreditation: Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Min to colleges
Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil has announced that colleges in the state that are functioning for more than five years will not be allowed to carry out admission to new batches if they have not started the process of getting accredited.
The Minister said that instructions regarding the same have been given to all state universities' VCs to identify such colleges and send them notices. The Minister made the announcement after a meeting of the Joint Body of Vice Chancellors (JBVC) at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his capacity as Chancellor of all state universities.
Insisting on the importance of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading for all colleges, Patil said, “All colleges which are running for more than five years will have to get NAAC accreditation otherwise they will not be allowed to admit new batch of students,” as reported by Indian Express.
In November 2022, Patil shared the data as per which Maharashtra has 4,494 colleges and 65 universities. Out of these, 1,854 are NAAC-accredited. Out of 1,177 aided institutions, 1,096 are NAAC-accredited, whereas out of 2,141 non-aided educational institutions, 1,909 have not completed their accreditation.
While speaking on the same, a senior official said, “This data was gathered in September 2022 after which institutions running without NAAC accreditation were sent notices to start the process within six months. Some of these institutions may have started the process. Now the varsities have been asked to identify and generate a status report by March.”
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