New Delhi: The current process of accreditation or re-accreditation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is “long, bureaucratic and cumbersome”, a Parliamentary panel has noted, calling for urgent systemic reforms at the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), saying its credibility must be restored “with utmost urgency”.

The Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, headed by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, has also flagged a leadership vacuum at the University Grants Commission (UGC) and recommended that a new chairperson should be appointed for the UGC as soon as possible.

“The current process of accreditation or re-accreditation is long and bureaucratic, with five yearly re-accreditation and yearly reports that demand considerable time from un

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