Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani has launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for educational institutions. Developed by a team of experts in education and heads of institutions, the portal and the framework is presently available for engineering and management institutions. Over the next month, methodologies, parameters and process for ranking universities along with architecture and planning institutions would also be available online.
The ranking framework is designed such that institutions belonging to different sectoral fields such as Engineering, Management etc. will be compared separately in their own respective peer groups. The parameters are under the five broad headings
- Teaching learning and resources
- Research, consulting and collaborative performance
- Graduation outcomes
- Outreach and Inclusivity
- Perception.
The NIRF will facilitate a level playing field in ranking for institutions which have been working in languages other than English and excelled relatively in the recent past. NIRF is an outcome of a need identified by the Prime Minister and a consequent suggestion to evolve a national ranking framework.
