COIMBATORE: A section of teachers has suggested that government undertakings like Tangedco and TNPCB should audit energy efficiency and environment care in educational institutions as part of the documentation required to obtain NAAC ranking.
As per sources, several colleges are engaging private firms for the purpose and obtaining favourable reports. An assistant professor from a private arts and science college on Avinashi Road said, “Under criterion VII, the National Assessment and Acceleration Council (NAAC) measures an institution’s environment, energy and greenery through an audit to ensure institutional values and responsibilities. For this, institutions should audit activities of the environment, energy and greenery every five years. But the audit is done as a formality in many institutions through private firms and NGOs.”
