MCC ON A ROLL! | Toppers Yet Again!
Excerpts from the INDIA TODAY GROUP – MDRA SURVEY Report
[July 05, 2021 Issue]
With more than 40,000 colleges across India, the 25th edition of the India Today Group’s Best Colleges Survey, intends to make critical career decisions easier for aspirants based on rich data. The ranking is considered the gold standard for various stakeholders, such as recruiters, parents, alumni, policymakers, institutions and the general public.
Colleges were ranked across 14 streams – arts, science, commerce, medical, dental, engineering, architecture, law, mass communication, hotel management, BBA, BCA, social work and fashion design.
For the objective ranking, MDRA fine-tuned over 112 performance indicators in each stream to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparison of colleges. The indicators were clubbed under five broad parameters –
Intake Quality & Governance
Academic Excellence
Infrastructure & Living Experience
Personality & Leadership Development
&
Career Progression & Placement.
An attempt was also made to understand how colleges had prepared themselves to handle the Covid pandemic.
This year’s survey focused on how colleges had raised their game to meet the digital education challenge.
Every college had its own incredible story. Young teachers trained their seniors to navigate the digital world. Teachers remained available round the clock on WhatsApp. Colleges organized mental health counselling to detox students and teachers from digital overexposure.
The Best Colleges Survey was preceded by some good news from the education sector. The All India Survey on Higher Education 2019-20, released in May, showed that enrolment of girls in higher education has grown by over 18 per cent in the past five years.
There are some worrying indicators too. While the number of colleges in India has increased by 3,272 in the past five years, taking the total to 42,343, the number of colleges per million students inched up from 2.8 in 2015-16 to just 3 in 2019-20.
There is also much disparity in the geographical distribution of colleges.
Ten states account for 78 per cent of the total colleges.
These are –
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Telangana &
Kerala
The trend reflects in our Best Colleges Survey, with the top institutes in each stream concentrated in a handful of cities, says the report.
From being placed on the ninth position just 14 years ago, (our past post HERE), to becoming top-notchers this year, is indeed reason enough for some real celebration!
Me grabbing my cuppa coffee right away! ☕😍
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