TheKeralaInstitutional Ranking Framework (KIRF) modelled on the National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) has come into being. Higher Education minister R Bindu launched the framework, the first of its kind in the country, at a function held on Kerala Universitys Kariavattom campus.
The state-specific institutional ranking framework as mooted by the state higher education council aims at bringing a more democratic and secular approach while ranking the higher education institutions in the state. The KIRF would emerge as the hallmark of excellence for higher education institutions in the state. The state-of-the-art ranking system would ensure that higher education institutions in the state are objectively assessed on the basis of their academic prowess, the minister said, adding that the KIRF reflects the social , scientific temper and secular mindset followed by Kerala.
The ranking framework was launched by including it in the 100-day programme of the State Government. Bindu said the ranking framework would give an invaluable impetus to the efforts put in by the state government to convert the Kerala Society into a knowledge society.
The KIRF ranking, said the minister, would help the higher education institutions in the state to further improve their rank in the national and international raking framework in the institutional level. At the same time, based on the ranking, students who seek new generation and cutting-edge courses would be able to make informed decisions while choosing a college and programme.