Bhubaneswar, Jan. 28 -- A set of transformative reforms have been proposed to strengthen the periodic approval, assessment and accreditation, and ranking of all Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in India.

The Ministry of Education had earlier constituted an overarching committee with Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman of ISRO and Chairperson, Standing Committee of IIT Council as Chairman in November 2022 to propose transformative reforms for strengthening Assessment and Accreditation of higher education institutions in India.

The salient features of the recommendations:

Binary Accreditation (Either accredited or not accredited) rather than grades with an aim to encourage all the institutions to get on-boarded in the accreditati...