Sibal on accreditation for learning institutions

Government proposes to enact a crucial bill this year to make it mandatory for every higher educational institution to be accredited in the country, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday. "I hope in this session of Parliament we will carry through (the bill)," he said at a global summit of accreditation here. The National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Bill has provisions under which assessment of such accreditation has to be made before the institution starts the process of admission to the programmes.