Quality Assurance Department
Download
Report
Transcript Quality Assurance Department
Quality Assurance Programme
Higher Education Commission,
Islamabad
(Prof. Dr. Riaz Hussain Qureshi)
3 Pillars of Higher Education
Access
Quality
Relevance
How to define Quality Assurance
“Quality is the means through which an
institution can guarantee with
confidence and certainty, that the
standards of its educational provision
are being maintained and enhanced”
Quality Assurance
Quality in Higher Education is a dynamic
entity which is the outcome of interacting
among many factors that determine state of
equilibrium reached at various levels.
These include, inter alia, leadership, quality
of faculty, quality of students, infrastructure,
facilities, research and learning environment,
governance, strategic planning, assessment
procedures and market forces.
Quality Assurance System at HEC
HEC
QA-Department/
QAA
QAC
International
Linkages
Accreditation
Councils
QEC
HEIs
3 Major Components of Quality
Assurance Programme
Development of Quality Assurance Criteria.
Development of Processes & Capacity
Building
Monitoring and Evaluation
Development of Quality Assurance
Criteria
Minimum Quality Criteria for PhD level
studies
Eligibility Criteria for Faculty Appointment
Eligibility Criteria for Meritorious Professors
Eligibility Criteria for Professor Emeritus
Continued…
Tenure
Criteria
Track System of appointments
for Recognition of Journals
Affiliation
Ranking
Criteria
Criteria
Continued…
Accreditation Criteria for Institutions (in
progress)
Quality Criteria for Teaching in various
disciplines (Accreditation Councils)
National Committee on Examination Systems
Liaison with International Networks on QA
(INQAAHE/APQN)
Development of Processes &
Capacity Building
QAA Setup
Establishment of QECs
Monthly meetings of QECs
Training Workshops/Seminars
1st International Conference on QA in
Pakistan
Self Assessment Guidelines distributed
Accreditation
Two tier process:
Institutional Accreditation (HEC)
Programme Accreditation (Accreditation
Councils)
Accreditation Councils
For Accreditation at Programme level:
Linkages with already existing Councils
(PMDC, PEC, PVMC, PCTAP, PBC and
Pharmacy Council)
Establishment of new Accreditation
Councils
i.
ii.
iii.
NCEAC
NAEAC
PTEAC
NBEAC
iv.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Self Assessment by the Universities
External Academic Audit by HEC
Monitoring Teams by HEC
Evaluation System for QA in HE
HEC
Vice Chancellor
University
Learning &
Teaching
Committee
QEC
Departmental
Committee
Student/Staff
Consultative
Committee
Proformas / Questionnaires
Proforma 1: Faculty Course Review Report
Proforma 2: Student Course Evaluation
Questionnaire
Proforma 3: Annual Programme Monitoring
Report
Proforma 4: Student Programme Completion
(Graduation) Survey/Questionnaire
Continued…
Proforma 5: Research Student Progress
Review Form
Proforma 6: University Learning & Teaching
Committee: Possible Remit & Membership
Proforma 7: University Learning, Teaching &
Quality Enhancement Strategy: Template
Committee for Evaluation of M.Phil
/PhD Programmes
Committee constituted with eminent
educationists and policy makers
Total 20 Universities have been visited
Evaluation Reports compiled and follow up
started
Public Information
“Good Practices for Quality Assurance for
Accreditation Councils in Pakistan”
“A Toolkit for Quality Enhancement Cells”
“Self Assessment Manual”
Website Development for Quality Assurance
in HEC
“QUALITY ADDING VALUE TO
HIGHER EDUCATION”
THANK YOU