Only around 23% colleges in State apply for accreditation
The Hindu
‘Colleges reluctant to apply as they may not meet parameters’
Of the 3,595 colleges offering UG programmes in Karnataka, only around 23% have applied for accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), as per the 2021 report recently published by the council. Across the State, 837 colleges have received their accreditation. This despite the fact that since 2013, it is mandatory for colleges to get accreditation.
Many colleges have not initiated the process. In other cases, colleges whose accreditation has expired have also not come forward for the process. These include government, grant-in-aid and self-financed non-grant UG colleges.
S.C. Sharma, director of NAAC, said that there was a need for greater sensitisation for colleges to come forward to complete the process. “Colleges are probably reluctant to apply as they may not meet all parameters. But we have written to the government stating that we are ready to handhold them through the process,” he said.
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