ITANAGAR, Mar 20: Backed by Arunachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (APPEIRC), the Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC) of Don Bosco College (DBC) organized a one-day State level workshop on ‘Understanding NAAC’s New Binary Accreditation Framework’ at the DBC’s Jollang premises here today.
The Resource Persons for the workshop comprised Prof Ghanashyam Bez, Director IQAC, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya; Prof R C Parida, former Director IQAC, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, and Prof S Sagayaraj, ex-Director IQAC, Sacred Heart College, Tamil Nadu.
The event aimed to impart knowledge of the new Binary Accreditation Framework to colleges and universities preparing to get accredited.
Dr Limo Ete, Member of APPEIRC, informed the gathering that the State Governor, Chief Minister, and everyone at the Department of Education were concerned with the quality of higher education in Arunachal. He added that out of 54 higher educational institutes, 34 run by private entities and 20 by the GoAP, only four private and two government institutes are accredited by NAAC at present.
He asserted that it was a timely workshop for other institutes to learn and move forward.
Dr Arun Kumar Sharma, Advisor IQAC, and Coordinator Research Cell (DBC, Itanagar), in his keynote address, enlightened the participants about the New Binary Accreditation Framework. He also highlighted the need for the change, as it made the process simpler than before and also in accordance with the New Education Policy 2020. He also spoke on the two stages of the accreditation and how they were different from the previous system.
Earlier, DBC Principal Fr Jose George, in his welcome address, said that the topic of the workshop was a pertinent one as the workshop and finally the NAAC Accreditation will help to ensure the quality of the institutions and the education provided by them. He told the gathering that the college went through a painful 5 years journey and was finally got awarded with ‘A’ grade.
The workshop, which consisted of three key technical sessions, witnessed a total of 74 participants, 32 in online and 42 in offline mode, from various colleges and universities.