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National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

16th July, 2022 Social Issues

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  • The Union Minister of Education has recently released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on their official website ‘nirfindia.org’.
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has again topped the list in the overall educational institutes and engineering categories.
  • All India Institute of Medical Science in Delhi emerged as the best medical college in India.

 

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

  • The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (Now Ministry of Education).
    • It was started in 2015 to rank institutions of higher education in India.
  • The Union Ministry of Education has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2022 for 11 categories, this includes:
    • Overall
    • University
    • Management
    • College
    • Pharmacy
    • Medical
    • Engineering
    • Architecture
    • ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)
    • Law Institutions
    • Research institutions.
  • The ranking framework analyses institutions under 5 broad categories of parameters;
    • Teaching, Learning and Resources.
    • Research and Professional Practice.
    • Graduation Outcomes.
    • Outreach and Inclusivity.
  • Ranks are allocated based on the sum of marks assigned for each of these 5 categories of parameters.
  • The ranking helps in assessing the institution, this also promotes a sense of competition among the institution, which encourages them to take more steps to promote quality education and education-related services to perform better in the next ranking.

 

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