Title : THE NIRF RANKING

Date : Dec 18, 2021

Description :

GS II

 

Topic à Education related issues

 

• The sixth edition's highlights include:

 

• The top three higher education institutes in the country are IIT-Madras, IISc-Bangalore, and IIT-Bombay.
• Miranda House has won the list for best college for the second year in a row.
• IISc Bengaluru was the top-ranked university in the university category.

 

• What exactly is NIRF:

 

• It is the government's first attempt to rank the country's higher education institutions (HEIs).
• In 2015, it was first introduced.
• In the beginning, participation in the NIRF was voluntary; but, in 2018, it became mandatory for all government-run educational institutions.
• This year, around 6,000 institutions took part in NIRF, which is nearly double the number from 2016.

 

• What is the order in which they are ranked:

 

• All educational institutions are evaluated on five characteristics in order to be ranked: teaching, learning, and resources, research and professional practises, graduation outcomes, outreach and diversity, and perception.
• Overall national rating, universities, engineering, college, medical, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, dental, and research are among the best institutions listed by NIRF.

 

• Source à The Hindu à 16/12/21 à Page Number 3

Tags : higher education institutions, IIT-Madras