Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Goa University (GU) slipped to 96th position in the first 100 universities at the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for 2021 declared today, whereas Goa College of Pharmacy ranked 56th.
In 2020 Goa University had ranked 81st, while it ranked 93rd in 2019.
Last year, the NIRF rankings were released in online format owing to the pandemic.
“”The NIRF Indian rankings should not be considered as an end but the beginning of the improvement of quality in higher education,” said Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in his live webinar.
The number of Indian institutes registered for the NIRF ranking 2020 increased by 20 per cent compared to 2019. In 2020, 3,800 institutes participated in NIRF Rankings. The institutes were given scores based on – teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research and professional practice (RP), graduation outcomes (GO), outreach and inclusivity (OI), peer perception.
The education institutes and universities all over India are ranked across several parameters, including teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
While institutes have to register and submit data to NIRF ranking and make the same data public through its website. The NIRF also conducts physical audits and checks to ensure that the data provided is authentic. As per rules, if the institute provides false data, it can also be debarred from ranking and face consequences.
