Anxiety in Visva-Bharati as NAAC team visits university

Dissent against Vice Chancellor high among staff might lead to a poor score again

Visva-Bharati is holding its breath at the moment as a team appointed by the NAAC, or National Assessment and Accreditation Council, is currently vising the university for assessing the quality of its education.

The NAAC assesses and accredits higher education institutions every five years and during the last assessment, the Santiniketan-based Visva-Bharati had narrowly missed the A grade. On a four-point scale, a minimum score of 3 is required to be rated A, whereas the university had scored 2.82.

“I think all of us, irrespective of who is in support of or against the Vice-Chancellor, are very eager that we impress the visiting team because the NAAC rating decides bringing of projects to the university, the kind of facilities that should be set up here, and the awards people receive,” a senior teacher told The Hindu, asking not to be named.