With only 11% of higher educational institutions inTelanganabeing accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), the council has now asked the state higher Education department officials to take up an internal survey to know the reasons for not initiating or accelerating the accreditation process.
The NAAC had conducted a state-wise analysis of accredited higher education institutions in and released a report on October 26 in Bengaluru.
The report indicates that of the 1,976 colleges in Telangana, only 141 have a valid accreditation. Of these, 35 are government colleges, 19 are grant-in-aid colleges and 87 are private or self-financed colleges. Nationally, 21% colleges are NAAC accredited.
The NAAC accreditation assesses institutions on TEACHING, Learning and evaluation, research and innovations, Infrastructure and learning Resources, student support and progression, Governance and management, helping students to gauge quality of education in an institute. Based on the performance in each aspect, institutions are awarded grades A+, A, B++, B+, B, C and D.
While other states such as Maharashtra,Karnatakaand Kerala fare much better, Telangana is yet to make a mark.
As per NAAC figures, more than 200 colleges from Telangana are now at various stages to secure NAAC accreditation.