Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework
Introduction
The Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework (KIRF) assesses the level of higher education institutions in the State against the following five agreed parameters:
- Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)
- Knowledge Dissemination and Research Excellence (KDRE)
- Graduation Outcome (GO)
- Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
- Scientific Temper and Secular Outlook (STSO)
The Kerala State Higher Education Council is the implementing agency for the ranking of institutions, conducted annually.
KIRF Parameters
The performance parameters are organised into five broad heads, and have been further elaborated into suitable sub-heads. Each broad head has an overall weight assigned to it.
Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)
These parameters are related to teaching, the effectiveness of learning outcomes, and the availability and accessibility of resources.
Knowledge Dissemination and Research Excellence (KDRE)
These parameters consider impact of knowledge dissemination and the excellence of research.
Graduation Outcome (GO)
These parameters consider the reflection of institutions' ability to prepare and equip students after the courses.
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
These parameters measure the effectiveness in promoting outreach and inclusivity.
Scientific Temper and Secular Outlook (STSO)
These parameters emphasizes the promotion of scientific temper and a secular outlook and commitment of the institution to promote them.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework (KIRF) is an annual ranking process that evaluates the HEIs in Kerala based on NIRF and State specific parameters. KIRF accords academic recognition to HEIs in the State and enables them to go for national and global ranking.
KIRF issues notification for the ranking exercise and HEIs in all categories can participate in the ranking by submitting the relevant data through the KIRF website (kirf.kshec.org). KIRF will extract the relevant information from this data and compute various metrics and rank the institutions in 12 categories.
Overall, Universities, Colleges, Engineering, Management, Teacher Education, Pharmacy, Medical, Dental, Law, Architecture and Nursing.
a. All higher education institutions in our State can register/sign in through KSHEC Portal and can upload the institutional data in the respective fields. HEIs should be registered in All Kerala Higher Education Survey (AKHES) to participate in KIRF.
b. Institutions under different categories such as overall, universities, colleges, engineering, management, teacher education, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and nursing can participate in the ranking process and can register separately, provide data in the specific format, if they desire to be included in the category specific ranking list.
c. Category specific ranks will be announced only in those categories where a significant number of institutions offer themselves for ranking. The final decision on ranking of a category will therefore be decided by KSHEC after analysing the data.
d. Rankings will be considered only for those institutions that have graduated at least three batches of students in full time UG or PG program, where the duration is not less than three years for the UG programmes and two years for the PG programmes.
Methodology is based on a set of metrics for ranking of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based on the parameters agreed upon by the oversight committee.
KIRF Parameters are organised into five broad categories namely Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Knowledge Dissemination and Research Excellence (KDRE), Graduation Outcome (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Scientific Temper and Secular Outlook (STSO) and have been further elaborated into sub categories. Each category has an overall ranking weight assigned to it and each of the sub categories is also provided with appropriate weight distribution.
The performance score for each subcategory will be computed by the suitable metric assigned for each section and the scores of each sub category are then added to obtain the score for each individual category. The overall score is computed based on the weights allotted to each category. The overall score of each category can be a maximum value of 100. The institutions can then be ranked based on their scores.
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Eligibility for participation
Who can participate in KIRF?
All the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the State can participate in the ranking irrespective of the discipline. The affiliating universities should not include details of their affiliating colleges.
Institutions that have graduated at least three batches of students in full time UG or PG programs, where the duration is not less than three years for the UG programs and two years for the PG programs are eligible to participate.
Institutions that have graduated at least three batches of students in full time UG or PG programs, where the duration is not less than three years for the UG programs and two years for the PG programs are eligible to participate.
How to participate?
KIRF invites institutions interested to participate in the ranking exercise to register on the KIRF portal. The data should be submitted through the online facility created for this purpose. The KIRF with the help of KSHEC and other partner agencies will also undertake authentication of data submitted.
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