NAAC

The NAAC was formed with a vision to make quality the defining element of higher education through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives. Since then, the NAAC has been awarding grades based on its assessment of an institution’s quality of education, infrastructure and other parameters.Up to March 31, 2007, NAAC had in place a nine-point assessment and accreditation methodology. However, as part of its 11th plan, NAAC developed and implemented a new three-letter grading system. Introduced on April 1, 2007, it was developed based on extensive discussions with all the stakeholders of higher education.The letter grades — A (very good), B (good) and C (satisfactory) — are given starting at the lower level of measurement and for the aggregated grade points after applying the relevant weightages at the key aspect and criteria levels. “The new system has several advantages. Firstly, there is a 15-point range. It has a wider scope for normalising the scores, extreme biases (if any) are minimised and relative evaluations are more exact due to reduction in the standard deviation.