Transcript Quality Assurance Agency Higher Education Commission Pakistan

Quality Assurance Agency
Higher Education
Commission Pakistan
Quality Assurance at Public &
Private Sector Universities
HEC Mission
“To Facilitate Institutions of Higher
Learning to Serve as an Engine of SocioEconomic Development of Pakistan”.
Regional Distribution
of HEIs in Pakistan
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Public Sector: 96
Private Sector: 72
Quality Assurance System in Pakistan
NQAC
Policy Making
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Providing Guidelines
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QAD
QAA
Quality & Standards of Higher Education & Research
Recognition
Eligibility
of Institutions
Standardization
Criteria Recognition,
for Faculty
of Pakistan
Degrees
Appointment
Verification
Qualification
Criteriaand
&
for
Relevance
Equivalence
Promotion
award
Framework
of
Criteria
and
Masters
of
Upgradation
Programs
forand
Recog
Ph
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PlagiarismCriteria &Tenure
Guidelines
Track
Standards
for Appointment
Program
of Bachelors,
Accreditation
of
Quality
Prof.
Masters
Enhancement
Emeritus,
Institutional
and
Standards
Ph.D.s
Meritorious
Ranking
Cells
Performance
&Departmen
Councils
ofProfe
Prog
Years
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Interme
diate
Level
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Matricul
ation
Level
Higher Education
Levels
Pakistan Qualifications Framework (PQF)
Formal & Higher Education
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Levels
Award Type
Award Example
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Doctoral
PhD
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Masters
6
Bachelor
5
Associate
Ordinary Bachelor
4
Higher Secondary School
Certificate (HSSC)
F.A, F.Sc, ICS, I.Com, DBA, D.Com etc
3
Secondary School
Certificate (SSC)
Matric
2
1
M.Phil./MS/MBA, M.Sc. (Eng.), M.E,
MArch etc
BS, B.E, B.Arch., BSc (Eng.), BSc (Agri),
MA/MSc (16 year), LLB, B.Com (Hons,
MBBA, DVM, PharmD, etc
BA/BSc (Pass), ADE,
Associate Degrees etc
Middle (3 Years)
Primary (1-5 Years)
Pre-Primary (1-2 Years)
Standardization of Degree Programs
i- Engineering
(ii) 2
General
Degree
(BS )
ation:
years
[4 Semesters]
Duration: 4 years [8 Semesters]
Total credit hours: 130-136
Total
Credit
Hours:
130 –136 work
Hours:
credit
hrs.
course
Duration: 424
years
[8 semester]
Curricula Description: 65-70 % devoted to engineering courses,
to disciplinary
courses,
~ 36.50% devoted to general + compulsory education
6dcredit.
hrs.
for research
30-35%
devoted to non-engineering courses (general + compulsory + basic science courses)
Doctoral Degrees (Ph.D.)Post Graduate Degrees (MS/
Bachelors
MPhil)Degree
Duration: 4-5 years
Course Work: 18 credit hours plus research
Other Professional Degrees – Similarly, the fe
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Quality Assurance Agency
MANDATE
QAA is involved in both internal quality assurance and external
quality assurance processes through development of criteria and
standards; development of processes and capacity building; and
monitoring and evaluation processes; thereby guaranteeing
improvement in standards.
QAA introduces process/practices of continuous improvements
through establishment of Quality Enhancement Cells in
universities, Accreditation Councils in new disciplines, Evaluating
the Institutional Performance against defined Standards, and
review Ph.D. qualification.
Quality Assurance Agency
 Mission: to integrate the concept of quality assurance in higher
learning with enhanced levels of international compatibility through
capacity building. Secondly to safeguard public interest, by enforcing
good practices in education and encouraging continuous
improvement in the management of quality in higher education.
 Vision: to develop a viable and sustainable mechanism in higher
learning sector to meet the rising challenges of transforming the
country into a knowledge economy.
 Goal: A policy making and monitoring body and is a source of
capacity building for quality assurance and enhancement.
QAA FRAMEWORK
Internal Quality Assurance [IQA]
 Since, the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) constitutes
one side of the quality pyramid.
 Quality Assurance Agency, in execution of its function
laid building bricks of IQA in September 2006 and 10
Quality Enhancement Cells (QEC) were established in
Phase-I.
 Continued through Phase-II, III, IV, private sector, and
further new phases, its current number till date 2014-15
became 136, which is expected to approach the figure of
168 in next assessment year starting from July 2015.
SELF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
There are 8 criteria and 31 standards for Self Assessment
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Criterion 1: Program Mission, Objectives and Outcomes
(4 Standards)
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Criterion 2: Curriculum Design and Organization
(7 Standards)
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Criterion 3: Laboratories and Computing Facilities
(3 Standards)
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Criterion 4: Student Support and Advising
(3 Standards)
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Criterion 5: Process Control
(5 Standards)
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Criterion 6: Faculty
(3 Standards)
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Criterion 7: Institutional Facilities
(3 Standards)
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Criterion 8: Institutional Support
(3 Standards)
Provides an opportunity to identify strengths and weakness of
Self Assessment Procedure
QEC initiates SA through the Dean one semester prior to the
assessment
Department forms the PT that will be responsible for preparing SAR
1943 PTs
QEC reviews the documentation within one month
1049 SARs
SAR complete
The Vice Chancellor / Rector forms the AT in consultation with the
concerned Dean based on the recommendation of the QEC
1205 ATs
Q E C plans and fixes AT visit
The AT conducts assessment and presents its findings to
Q E C, Dean, PT and dept. faculty
QEC: Quality Enhancement Cell
SA: Self-Assessment
The Q E C submits an executive summary to the Vice Chancellor /
Rector
846 AT reports
796 executive summaries
SAR: Self-Assessment Report
PT: Program Team
The department prepares an implementation plan
AT: Assessment Team
Follow up of the implementation plan
by Q E C
814 implementation plans
Self-Assessment Report (SAR)
Major function of QECs is implementing the Internal
Quality Assessment through Self-Assessment Report
(SAR). The main objectives of preparing SAR are:
 General Objective:
 To improve academic programs and ensure high academic standards by
providing feedback for faculty and administration to initiate action plan for
improvement.
 Specific objectives :
 To provide students with essential skills to enter the workplace well prepared
in the core competencies: problem solving abilities, experimental and data
analysis techniques, team work experience, interpersonal skills, basic and
advance IT skills.
 To provide students with strong foundation and knowledge relevant to their
particular disciplines including ethical, professional, social and global
awareness, the impact on society, the importance of continuing education and
Strategy Opted:
The objectives of IQA were planned to be achieved by means of:
 Developing IQA criteria and standards reflected in Quality
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Assurance Manual
Implementing the criteria by means of creating awareness and
establishing Quality Enhancement Cells (QEC) at Universities
Building capacity of QECs’ staff specifically and HEIs’ generally
w.r.t. to the implantation of the developed criteria by means of
conducting capacity building workshops.
Monitoring and evaluating the progress by means of conducting
progress review meetings and annual assessment.
Reviewing and up-dating the IQA criteria and standards in light of
the implementation feedback.
Progress of IQA………
 Developing IQA criteria and standards reflected in Quality Assurance
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Manual: Already done. Needs to be reviewed which has been planned in
June 2015.
Implementing the criteria by means of creating awareness and establishing
Quality Enhancement Cells (QEC) at Universities:
QEC Established till 2013 in different phases: 84
QEC Established in 2013-14: 32
QEC Established in 2014-15: 20
Total QECs established till date : 136
Building capacity of QECs’ staff specifically and HEIs’ generally w.r.t. to
the implantation of the developed criteria by means of conducting capacity
building workshops:
Total Capacity Building Working workshops 2014-15: 23
Continued….
 Monitoring and evaluating the progress by means of conducting
progress review meetings and annual assessment:
 Total Progress Review Meetings held to date: 45
 Quantitative assessment is now performed annually, which was lastly
completed till 30th June 2014. Hence, the assessment status till June
2014 is as follows:
 No. of HEIs assessed Quantitatively: 83, of which 78% fall within
satisfactory range of W & X
 No. HEIs assessed qualitatively: 33, of which 58% found working
satisfactorily.
Continued…..
 Out of 83, 59% HEIs are conducting Mandatory Surveys
satisfactorily.
 Out of 83, 78% HEIs are preparing SARs satisfactorily
 77% HEIs are preparing implantation plans satisfactorily, out of
83.
 Out of 83 HEIs, 52% are taking satisfactory corrective actions.
External Quality Assurance (EQA)
External Quality Assurance complements
the other side of the quality pyramid. It is
consisted of following three major
functions:
1. Accreditation Councils
2. Program Level Review
3. Institutional Level Review
Accreditation Councils
S.
Accreditation Council
Total Programs
Programs Accredited
(till 2013-14)
Total number of
Program Evaluators
No
1
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
324
106
359
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Pakistan Medical & Dental Council(PM&DC)
134
134
100
3
Pakistan Council of Architects & Town
Planners(PCATP)
30
14
29
4
Pakistan Nursing Council(PNC)
250
249
25
5
National Council for Homeopathy(NCH)
114
112
21
6
National Council for TIBB(NCT)
4
4
22
7
Pharmacy Council of Pakistan (PCP)
55
50
16
8
Pakistan Bar Council(PBC)
17 (confirmed data
about number of
programs at
colleges is not
available at
council)
17
22
9
Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council(PVMC)
28
23
08
Continued…..
S.
Accreditation Council
Total Programs
Programs Accredited
(till 2013-14)
Total number of
Program Evaluators
No
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National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council
(NAEAC)
246
195
115
11
National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education
(NACTE)
570
100
110
12
National Computing Education Accreditation
Council(NCEAC)
500+
155
73
13
National Business Education Accreditation
Council(NBEAC
500+
72
102
Total
2772
1231
1002
National Technology Council (NTC)
National Accreditation Council for Allied Health
Sciences---working paper submitted to Commission
National Accreditation Council of Life Sciences---working paper submitted to Commission
National Accreditation Council of Social Sciences------working on concept paper
Yet to be functional
Capacity Building of Accreditation Councils
 Capacity Building of the program evaluators and awareness of
stake holders is a continuous and an on-going activity.
 So far, HEC has conducted 10 workshops of 3-day i.e., of PEC,
NACTE, NBEAC, NAEAC, NCEAC and PCATP in collaboration
with the concerned councils at HEC with the objective to improve
the relevant skills of Program Evaluators to perform as Master
Trainers to train other experts of relevant field in the subsequent
training workshops. Total of 297 Program Evaluators have been
trained so far.
EQA: Program Level Review
To ensure the quality of doctorate level education, HEC took the
initiative of starting Ph.D. Progress Review Process. The Ph.D.
Review Committee has so far completed three cycles to assess the
programs at Ph.D. level in 2005, 2007 and 2012 throughout the
institutions of the country.
 In 1st round, Ph.D. Programs of only public sector universities
were reviewed.
 In 2nd and 3rd round, Ph.D. Programs of public and private
universities were reviewed.
 For 4th round of Ph.D. Program Review the review process
and Ph.D. review Committees have been revised.
 The 4th cycle was started in January, 2014 and up till now 43
DAIs have been reviewed so far
Continued….
 The Ph.D. Program Review Committees reviewed 279 programs
in 43 visits of the DAIs.
 The committees have recommended 09 programs to be halted as
these programs had serious deficiencies and needed urgent revamp
to secure the future of enrolled scholars.
 The committees have also recommended to stop further intake in
37 programs as there were acute shortage of faculty in those
programs to supervise the scholars.
 02 DAIs have been revisited to validate the compliance report
submitted by those DAIs
MS/M.Phil. & Equivalent Degree Program Review
 To determine the implementation status of
minimum MS/M.Phil. & Equivalent Degree
Program Criteria laid down by HEC and oversee
the quality of these Programs in all Higher
Education Learning Institutions including public
and private sector.
 To create a uniform mechanism for ensuring the
quality in standards of teaching and research in
the universities of Pakistan.
MS/M.Phil. & Equivalent Degree Program Review
 While considering the importance of External Quality
Assurance Mechanism and recognizing the gap that most of
the MS/M.Phil. & Equivalent Degree programs have not been
gone through any external quality assurance system. QAA, on
the directives of Chairman, HEC has developed the process to
review the MS/M.Phil. & Equivalent Degree Programs (in
December, 2014)
 On the basis of that process 77 programs of 08 DAIs have
been reviewed so far.
EQA: Institutional Level Review
 By evaluating the entire performance of each Public/ Private Degree
Awarding Institution on the basis of following 11 Standards (IPES)
Quality Assurance Agency has initiated the review of Private and
Public sector universities/institutions in 2010.
 IPE Review visit has been conducted by 5 member panel of experts.
 Till date, performance of 37 HEIs has been reviewed.
There is no straight Road to
Accreditation………………..
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PAKISTAN: Finally Arriving on World Scene!
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According to QS Asian University Rankings 2014 Ten Pakistani
universities now rank in top 300
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PIEAS (106), Aga Khan University (116), Quaid-i-Azam University
(123), NUST (129), LUMS (181-190), University of Karachi,
University of the Punjab & CIIT (201-250), UET Lahore & University
of Agriculture Faisalabad (251-300)
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According to QS World University Rankings 2012, two Pakistani
Universities now rank among the Top 300 Technology Universities of the
World!
HEC’s Dream
Prosperity
through
Knowledge
Economy
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Continuous efforts to
• Change the mindset
• Overcome
apprehensions of
stakeholders.
Thanks!