NIRF ranking

Why in news?

• The National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF), established by the Ministry of Education, recently announced its national rankings for universities which have been found flawed by various experts.

About NIRF ranking:

• National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Education to rank colleges, universities and research institutions and also provides an overall ranking of all of them combined.
• The framework judges institutions under five broad groups of parameters of:
  • Teaching, Learning and Resources(TLR)
  • Research and Professional Practice(RP)
  • Graduation Outcomes(GO)
  • Outreach and Inclusivity(OI)
  • Perception (PR).
• The rankings is for 12 categories, this includes:
  • Overall, university, management, college, pharmacy, medical, engineering, Architecture and Planning, ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), law, research institutions andAgriculture & Allied Sectors

Highlights of NIRF Ranking 2023:

• Areas of Ranking:
  • The ranking exercise for the year 2023 continues with the practice of providing a common “Overall” rank in addition to a separate rank for Universities, Research Institutions, Degree Colleges, and discipline-specific ranks in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Medical, Dental and Architecture & Planning.
• Three Distinct Additions of 2023 Edition of India Rankings:
  • Introduction of a new subject namely Agriculture & Allied Sectors
  • Expansion of scope of “Architecture” to “Architecture and Planning” to include institutions imparting courses in Urban and Town Planning.
  • Integration of the “Innovation” ranking previously executed by the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) into the India Rankings to reduce the burden on institutions of providing similar data to two different agencies.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF):

1. It is launched by Ministry of Education

2. Private institutions are not considered for ranking

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer