COIMBATORE: Going the Karnataka way, the Tamil Nadu government is set to introduce a ranking system in June 2018 to assess the performance of its universities. The proposed system will scrutinise the performance of state universities, a move that is being criticised by experts who say that without involving private deemed universities the exercise will not be competitive.
Principal secretary to the higher education department, government of Tamil Nadu, Sunil Paliwal, said, "We are in the stages of discussing the model of the ranking framework. This will enable us to take steps towards improving the quality of state-run universities which will indeed help in climbing higher in the National Institutional Ranking Framework."
The higher education department had conducted a workshop on November 7 for vice-chancellors and registrars of state-run universities to explain the modalities of the exercise. "Another seminar is planned on December 8 where we will again discuss the implementation of the programme with the university representatives," Paliwal said.
The ranking framework will look at assessing universities on five broad criteria - research, teaching, placement, public/peer perception and equity. "Besides this, there will be about 20 sub-parameters. We have collected records of the ranking conducted by Karnataka and we are evolving our own model," Paliwal said.
Of the 22 state universities in Tamil Nadu, only two feature in the top 1,000 universities in the world rankings. Anna University, Chennai, and Annamalai University, Chidambaram, find a place in the World QS Ranking and Times Higher Education Ranking respectively.
Principal secretary to the higher education department, government of Tamil Nadu, Sunil Paliwal, said, "We are in the stages of discussing the model of the ranking framework. This will enable us to take steps towards improving the quality of state-run universities which will indeed help in climbing higher in the National Institutional Ranking Framework."
The higher education department had conducted a workshop on November 7 for vice-chancellors and registrars of state-run universities to explain the modalities of the exercise. "Another seminar is planned on December 8 where we will again discuss the implementation of the programme with the university representatives," Paliwal said.
The ranking framework will look at assessing universities on five broad criteria - research, teaching, placement, public/peer perception and equity. "Besides this, there will be about 20 sub-parameters. We have collected records of the ranking conducted by Karnataka and we are evolving our own model," Paliwal said.
Of the 22 state universities in Tamil Nadu, only two feature in the top 1,000 universities in the world rankings. Anna University, Chennai, and Annamalai University, Chidambaram, find a place in the World QS Ranking and Times Higher Education Ranking respectively.
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