Bhubaneswar, March 9 -- The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a report of the Overarching Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Education, for transformative reforms for strengthening the assessment and accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in India (HEIs).

The Overarching Committee was constituted to propose actionable recommendations to strengthen the accreditation processes by NAAC, NBA, and the ranking system by NIRF. The Committee was also asked to recommend how more institutions would come into the fold of accreditation and to prepare a roadmap for aligning NAAC, NBA, and NIRF to the proposed NAC in HECI.

The proposed reforms include:

The transition from the present 8-point grading system of NAAC to an ...