Union Education Minister Releases India Rankings 2022 of higher educational institutes

GS Paper-2

Syllabus: Higher educational institutions, NIRF Ranking, Issues related to the development of social sector related to Education etc

Source: The Hindu

Context:

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is yet again the top higher educational institute in the country followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and IIT Bombay, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022.
• This is the seventh consecutive edition of NIRF. It ranks colleges, universities and research institutions and also provides an overall ranking of all of them combined.
• Institutes are also ranked across seven subject domains, namely engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medical, architecture and dental.

Parameters for Evaluation:

Key Highlights:

• • Compulsory for government-run institutions: Participation in the NIRF was voluntary in the initial years; it was made compulsory for all government-run educational institutions in 2018.
  • Will be made mandatory for all: The Education Minister said, the rankings that accreditation and assessment of every higher education institution will be made mandatory and all institutions will have to be part of the NIRF ranking system.
  • Merger of NAAC and NBA: The two accreditation systems – National Assessment and Accreditation Council for institutional accreditation (NAAC) and the National Board of Accreditation for programmes (NBA) – will be merged and institutes will have to have either NAAC accreditation or NIRF rank to be able to receive government funds.
  • System for accreditation for schools: There will be a system for accreditation of schools in the country.

Insta Links:

NIRF

Practice Questions:

Q. National Education Policy 2020 is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals-4 (2030). It intended to restructure and re-orient the education system in India. Critically examine the statement(UPSC 2020)

Q. Which of the following is/are parameters used by NIRF for ranking of higher educational institutions?

1. Teaching, learning and resources(TLR)
2. Graduation outcome
3. Number of students enrolled yearly
4. Inclusivity and perception

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a. 1, 2 and 4 only

b. 1, 3 and 4 only

c. 2 and 3 only

d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (a)

Justification;

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