pune the national assessment and accreditation council naac has set a criteria to asses private institutions and the quality of courses run by them naac director vn rajesekharan pillai told reporters on sunday that this will help private institutes get worldwide recognition as accreditation is granted only after ensuring that educational institutions maintain quality of educationwe have initially identified the information technology it sector for assessment because of its heterogeneity after which other sectors will be assessed pillai saidabout assessment of universities he said nearly 60 per cent of the universities in the country had been assessed we will soon complete assessment of 90 per cent of the universities he said adding that the last date for universities to apply for accreditation was december 31about colleges he said naac had so far assessed 250 of the 5000 colleges in the country he expressed confidence that assessment of all the colleges would be completed within the stipulated time adding that colleges should submit their selfstudy reports by december next yearpillai said naac was also firm on universities and colleges improving the quality of education we have put forward a proposal of restructuring governance within universities for better results he said