| Tuesday, Apr 24, 2007
Madras University gets `A' grade
Under new accreditation system
- Anna varsity has five-star status
- Five universities have `A' grade
Chennai: The University of Madras has been given `A' grade under
the new assessment and accreditation system of the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council.
Where the earlier five-star status meant the university enjoyed
the highest academic status, the new accreditation puts Madras
University two notches below the highest A++ grade.
Despite Tamil Nadu having the highest number of accredited universities
in the country, only Anna University enjoys the five-star status
— equivalent to the A++ grade — and, that too, because
it is still under the earlier accreditation window. Five universities,
including Madras University, have `A' grade.
"All institutions from the State, which applied for accreditation/re-accreditation,
have cleared the process. While institutions accredited under
the earlier system are allowed to have the star rating till
they go in for re-accreditation, others cannot do so,"
NAAC Director V.S. Prasad told The Hindu.
The new NAAC listings are of institutions accredited/re-accredited
between February and March 2007.
The NAAC is an autonomous organisation created by the University
Grants Commission to assess and accredit higher education institutions
on the basis of curriculum, teaching and research, infrastructure,
student support, organisation, management and healthy practices.
Only three institutions in the State — the newly accredited
Meenakshi College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai; the reaccredited
Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchi; and St. Xavier's
College of Education (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, — now
have an A+ status.
Three universities in the State — Periyar University,
Salem; Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal; and Tamil
University, Thanjavur, — have been newly accredited, along
with 22 colleges. Among those re-accredited are Annamalai University,
Chidambaram.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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