The NAAC has issued the Al-Falah University in Faridabad with a show cause notice pertaining to wrongful information on its website, which is misleading. It has also directed the university to submit its reply within seven days and that accreditation details be removed from the university website
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has served the Al-Falah University in Faridabad a show-cause notice to, stating that the institution’s accreditation has expired and why legal action should not be initiated against the university.
The Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology’s ‘Grade A’ accreditation was valid from 2013 to 2018, while the Al-Falah School of Education and Training’s accreditation was valid from 2011 to 2016.
In their reply a senior NAAC official said despite the lapse of the accreditation period the university’s website showed that it had been granted ‘A’ grade status.
The show-cause notice issued also asks why legal action should not be initiated against the university, why the university should not be disqualified for future consideration for assessment and accreditation, and why NAAC should not recommend to the UGC, AICTE, NMC and NCTE that the institution’s recognition to offer programmes be withdrawn
The NAAC has directed the university to submit its reply within seven days. It has also urged that accreditation details be removed from the university website.
The show-cause notice states Al-Falah University has publicly displayed on their website that “Al-Falah University is an endeavour of Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which has been running three colleges on the campus, namely Al Falah School of Engineering and Technology (since 1997, graded A by NAAC,) Brown Hill College of Engineering and Technology (since 2008), and Al-Falah School of Education and Training (since 2006, graded A by NAAC)”.
The notice states that this “is absolutely wrong and misleading the public.
A senior NAAC official said: “They had two colleges that were accredited, and this accreditation period has expired. They should have come for accreditation as a university, but they never did. But on their website, they have said that they are NAAC accredited. Once the accreditation period is over, they cannot use it on their website”.
After this incident (the blast), it was pointed out that they are displaying the accreditation. So, we have issued a show-cause notice. We will also conduct an inquiry, and will give our recommendation to the regulatory authorities – UGC and AICTE.”
(With inputs from Express news service)
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