JAMIA BEATS JNU & AMU, RANKS FIRST IN LIST OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES
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University among a list of 40 other central varsities.
RANKINGS
A detailed look at the grading and scoring of Central Universities reveals that Jamia has secured the highest score of 90 percent, followed by Rajiv Gandhi University of Arunachal Pradesh at 83 percent, Jawaharlal Nehru University at 82 percent and Aligarh Muslim University at 78 percent.
TOP IN THE LIST
“All the universities were required to sign a tripartite MoU with MHRD (ministry of
education) and UGC for continuous
evaluation. Jamia was the first university in 2017 to sign this MoU and present itself for performance evaluation.”
HOW WAS THE RANK CALCULATED?
• The rank or score was based on parameters like number of students admitted annually in UG, PG, PhD and MPhil as well the range of diversity among students, measured in terms of percentage of female students as well as the percentage of students from other states and countries.
• Additionally, aspects like faculty quality, student-teacher ratio, teacher vacancy and other factors were also included in the list of parameters used to determine the score.
WHAT DID THE UNIVERSITY SAY?
• According to The Times of India, Vice
Chancellor Najma Aktar said that the feat was even more significant as the varsity had gone through a ‘challenging time’ in the recent past. “High-quality teaching, relevant and focused research and improved perception of the university,” were some of the factors credited by
VP Akhtar.