Lok Sabha Question No. 1249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: New Framework of National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Parshottambhai Rupala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1249 ANSWERED ON 08/12/2025

## New Framework of National Assessment and Accreditation Council

1249. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  establish  a  new  framework  aimed  at  improving  the functioning of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and to further strengthen the quality of education in the country;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  examined  the  regulations  of  other  developed  countries  including their practices of rigorous academic Auditing of Educational Institutions, if so, the details thereof and the key points identified by the Government for adoption to reinforce India's educational quality;

(c) whether the Government proposes to enact a legislation for NAAC and if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  specific  measures  taken/being  undertaken by the Government to address and prevent alleged irregular activities in accreditation of educational institutions in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  and  (b)  As  per  vision  of  National  Education  Policy  (NEP),  2020,  a  robust  system  of  graded accreditation shall be established, which will specify phased benchmarks for all HEIs to achieve set levels of quality, self-governance, and autonomy.

For strengthening the Assessment and Accreditation of HEIs, the Government of lndia constituted a High  Level  Committee,  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Dr.  K.  Radhakrishnan,  the  then  Chairperson, Board  of  Governors,  lndian  lnstitute  of  Technology  (llT)  Kanpur  &  Chairperson,  Standing Committee  of  llT  Council.  This  Committee  considered  the  introduction  of  strategic  reforms consistent with the vision of the NEP, 2020 and the need for adopting a simple, trust based, objective and rationalized system for approval, accreditation and ranking of HEIs through technology-driven systems. It also considered global best practices on accreditation. The recommendations made by the Committee  have  been  approved  by  the  Ministry.  The  report  of  this  Committee  is  available  at http://naac.gov.in/images/docs/DrRadhakrishnanCommittee-FinalReport.pdf

All HEIs will aim, through their Institutional Development Plans (IDPs), to attain the highest level of accreditation  over  the  next  15  years,  and  thereby  eventually  aim  to  function  as  self-governing degree-granting institutions/clusters. In the long run, accreditation will become a binary process, as per the extant global practice.

(c)  and  (d)  Based  on  the  accepted  recommendations,  the  National  Assessment  and  Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous organization under the UGC, is implementing the reforms in two phases-  Introduction  of  Basic/  Binary  Accreditation  followed  by  Maturity  Based  Graded  Levels (MBGLs).  NAAC  has  held  outreach  programmes  and  focused  consultations  with  State  Higher Education authorities to sensitize them about the new accreditation methodology for HEIs.

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