NAAC accords 'B' grade to Malda Women's College

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Dec. 23: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous body of the University Grants Commission (UGC), has accredited Malda Women’s College with a ‘B’ grade in 43rd executive committee meeting held in Bangalore on December 22. The NAAC has published its results in its own website yesterday, said the principal of the college, Dr Chaitali Chattaraj. Grade ‘B’ means that the college has secured 2.28 points out of four, deserving a ‘good’ rank according to cumulative grade point average (CGPA). The NAAC team visited the Malda Women's College on 19 and 20 December and interacted with teachers, students, alumni and guardians separately. The autonomous body has published results for accreditation of 19 colleges across the country on 22 December. The Malda Women's College is only one from West Bengal. Out of 19 institutions, the National Insurance Academy in Pune, Maharashtra, secured highest 3.43 points with ‘A’ grade. The NAAC team in its report appreciated ‘transparent democratic leadership’ of the Malda Women's College, said Dr Chattaraj. She said that the NAAC team also appreciated the effort to minimise the rate of drop out. While appreciating the performance of the geography department the NAAC suggested immediate introduction of science departments. The team suggested that the Malda Women's College needed to raise its own funds involving the society apart from providing more space for students and increasing faculty members. The team members also suggested introducing computer education and computerised management system in office and its library soon. “We are happy with the results of accreditation. We have achieved the rank ‘good’ due to equal contribution of all staffs of this college”, said the principal Dr Chattaraj.