NAAC Rankings Released: SRCC, LSR beat St. Stephens to be top college in Delhi University

Shri Ram College of Commerce has received the highest score from the NAAC. Whereas, St. Stephen ranking is less popular on the list.

The National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) have released the list of colleges who has received certification from the council.  To around 35 colleges under Delhi University, the council has given the now-mandatory scores on their quality status. Out of 35 colleges, Delhi’s prestigious college Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) has received the highest score from the council. Whereas, St. Stephen ranking is less popular on the list, lower than the likes of Hindu, Kirori Mal, Khalsa, IP, Gargi, Jesus and Mary and Acharya Narendra Dev.

According to sources, SRCC got the highest score of 3.65 closely followed by Lady Shri Ram College for Women that received a score of 3.61.

In the year 2016, the UGC has started the process of making the NAAC accreditation compulsory for colleges. Delhi University accepted the accreditation 2014 following which 35 colleges were given scores this year for the first time.

Few colleges objected for the process of ranking and many of them are satisfied with the ranking.

St. Stephen’s teacher, Nandita Narain said “The quality of teachers hasn’t gone down,” She also added “Students come to us for the lectures, tutorials, extra-curricular activities and the atmosphere. We haven’t lost any of that.”

“The criteria shouldn’t be the same for a liberal arts college like ours, where we do not have the provisions for a laboratory and are not involved in research publications,” Babli Saraf, principal of Indraprastha College for Women, was quoted as saying by Times of India.

Principal of Hindu College Anuja Srivastava said “They should also review the college’s reputation and extension aspects. Extracurricular activities should get extra weightage.”

According to the Zee News report, other colleges such as Gargi College received a score of 3.80, Zakir Hussain – 3.12, Deshbandhu College – 2.80, Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College – 2.74, Motilal Nehru College – 2.60, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College with a rating of 2.63.