Is accreditation of higher education institutions an academic illusion?
The article questions the integrity of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in India following the arrest of officials for bribery. It argues that the accreditation process has become a performative industry focused on documentation rather than genuine academic quality.
I n February 2025, members of a peer-review team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), including its chairman, were arrested by the CBI for allegedly accepting bribes to grant a top ‘A++’ grade to an institution. If accreditation, the very system meant to certify quality, can be compromised, then what are we truly measuring: institutional merit or institutional performance in staging merit?
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