Draft report of

Table 28

Current Quality Status in Colleges of Higher Education in India

(As on March 31, 2005)

Details	Number
Total Number of Colleges	17,625
Number of Colleges under UGC purview	14,000
Number of Colleges recognised under Section 2(f) of UGC Act	5,589 (40%)
Number of Colleges recognised under Section 12(B) of UGC Act	5,273 (38%)
Number of Colleges actually funded by the UGC	4,870 (35%)
Number of Colleges accredited by the NAAC	2,780 (20%)
Number of Colleges accredited by the NAAC and scoring above 60%	2,506 (17.9)

The situation in case of the universities is no different than the colleges. Out of 317 university level institutions that are under the purview of the UGC, only 164 are provided with development assistance under plan and have access to other financial supports from the UGC. This leaves 153 universities without developmental support. Of these, 45 are those deemed universities that have been recognised as eligible to receive UGC grant under Section 12 B while 108 are the universities that have been established by different states.