Context:
Education Ministry recently released the Indian Ranking Report for 2024.
Key Highlights of the report:
- IIT Madras became the 1st educational institution in India for the 6th consecutive year since 2019.
- Retained 1st place in the engineering category for the 9th year since 2016.
- IISc Bengaluru ranked 1st in both universities and research categories, maintaining this position since 2016 and 2021, respectively.
- IIM Ahmedabad is the best management institute for the 5th consecutive year since 2020.
NIRF Ranking:
- Initiative by the government to assess and rank institutions of higher education in the country.
- Nodal agency- Ministry of Education.
- Launched in- 2015.
- Aim – To provide a transparent and reliable ranking system based on various parameters that reflect the quality of education and research.
- Parameters – Uses 5 key parameters
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government’s education system and local communities.
(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
(c) Strengthening India’s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
(d) Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.
Answer: (b)
