NAAC extends accreditation to Womens’ GDC Parade

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) have extended validity of accreditation of Government College (GDC) for Women Parade, Jammu up to 31 December 2019 with CGPA 3.32 and Grade ‘A’.

“To enable NAAC for issuing the certificate afresh, theprevious accreditation certificate may be returned in original,” reads a letterreceived by the college from NAAC.

   

As per the letter the college will have to submit itsinstitutional eligibility for quality assessment (IIQA) for the next cycle sixmonths prior to the completion of its extended validity period, reads theofficial communiqué sent to the college in February this year.

Earlier, the officials in higher education department hadsaid that Parade College Jammu was awarded ‘B’ grade in latest NAAC rankingwhich however was mistakenly written as ‘G’ grade.

However the College Principal Dr Hemla Agarwal on Tuesdayclarified that the college was not inspected in the recent cycle of NAACaccreditation.

She said the college was previously accredited in 2011 andlater in 2018. “But in 2018, the NAAC decided to extend the validity ofNAAC accreditation up to December 2019 as it is autonomous and considered intransition phase,” Dr Agarwal said.

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