Maharashtra has the highest number of NAAC-accredited colleges and universities in the entire country, an indication of the state's commitment to quality education, said an official associated with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
Dr Devender Kawday, advisor to NAAC, was speaking to PTI on the sidelines of a programme in Thane on Saturday.
NAAC is an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is responsible for assessing and accrediting higher education institutions based on predetermined quality parameters.
Maharashtra has 1,957 NAAC accreditations, including 35 universities, followed by Karnataka with 1,028 institutes with the tag, he said. All other states are below the 1,000 mark, he said.
A good number of educational institutes in the south have NAAC accreditations, he said.
As per the status on May 19, a total of 9,687 institutes, including 9,257 colleges and 430 universities, were given the NAAC tag in the first cycle. Of these, 2
