New Delhi: Ensuring quality is a much needed move for the growing education industry in India, a new study suggests while linking it with funding.

The study, carried out by a non-profit research organization RAND also said India should continue to develop and implement a student financial-aid system and gradually tie eligibility with accreditation and quality measures.

"Policymakers in India should continue to develop and implement an accreditation system that can, over time, become a key measure of quality," said the study.

"Starting small and gradually phasing in more concrete links between funding and quality will be important to ensure a successful transition for India's higher education system," it said.

The study said that the University Grants Commission (UGC) recently made accreditation mandatory for the institutes it regulated.

It added voluntary accreditation with ties to incentives is more effective in obtaining institutional cooperation and compliance.

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