HRD Minister Launches UGC Scheme of ‘Paramarsh’ to Promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education

HRD Minister Launches UGC Scheme of ‘Paramarsh’ to Promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education

• The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” launched the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) scheme named ‘Paramarsh’ on July 18, 2019 in New Delhi.
• The Paramarsh scheme has been launched for mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) Accreditation Aspirant Institutions to promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
• The scheme will target 1000 Higher Education Institutions for mentoring with a specific focus on quality as enumerated in the UGC “Quality Mandate”. 
• Initially 71 universities and 391 colleges having NAAC score of 3.26 and above will mentor five colleges each.