IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL,

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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE
MOST BENEFICENT
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QUALITY ENHANCEMENT CELL

• PROF. DR. AAMIR IJAZ
• (DIRECTOR QEC IQTM)
• University of the Punjab,
• Quaid-e-Azam Campus,
• Lahore 54590.

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment is a systematic process of gathering,
  reviewing and using important quantitative and
  qualitative data and information from multiple
  and diverse sources about educational programs,
  for the purpose of improving student learning,
  and evaluating whether academic and learning
  standards are being met.
• The assessment process culminates when
  assessment results are used to improve student
  learning.

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ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

• Purpose identification
• Outcomes identification
• Measurements and evaluation design
• Data collection
• Analysis and evaluation
• Decision-making regarding corrective and
  preventive actions to be taken.

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OBJECTIVES OF SELF ASSESSMENT

• Improvement and maintenance academic standards.
• Enhancement of students learning.
• Verification of the existing programs to meet
  their objectives and institutional goals.
• Providing feedback for quality assurance of
  academic programs.

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COMPONENTS OF SELF ASSESSMENT PROCESS

• Criteria Eight Criteria for Self assessment.
• Procedure Specifies the process of initiating,
  conducting, and implementing the assessment.

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STEPS OF PROCEDURE FOR SA

• Department forms the Program Team (PT) that will
  be responsible for preparing SAR.
• QEC reviews the documentation within one month.
• The VC forms the Assessment Team (AT) in
  consultation with the concerned Dean based on the
  recommendation of QEC.
• QEC plans and fixes AT visit.

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STEPS OF PROCEDURE FOR SA

• AT conducts assessment and present its findings
  to QEC, Dean, PT and dept. faculty.
• QEC submits an executive summary to the Vice
  Chancellor.
• Department prepares implementation plan as per
  SAM.
• Follow up the implementation plan by QEC.

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CRITERIA

• Each criterion has an intent
• A statement of requirements to be met.
• Each criterion has several standards They
  describe how the intents are minimally met

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CRITERIA AND STANDARDS

• Program Mission, Objectives and Outcomes
• Curriculum  Design and Organization
• Laboratories and Computing Facilities
• Student Support and Guidance
• Process Control
• Faculty
• Institutional Facilities
• Institutional Support

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CRITERION 1 PROGRAM MISSION, OBJECTIVES AND
OUTCOMES

• Intent Each program must have a mission,
  quantifiable measurable objectives and expected
  outcomes for graduates. Outcomes include
  competency and tasks graduates are expected to
  perform after completing the program.

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CRITERION 2 CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION

• Intent The curriculum must be designed and
  organized to achieve the programs objectives and
  outcomes. Also course objectives must be in line
  with program outcomes. Curriculum standards are
  specified in terms of credit hours of study. A
  semester credit hour equals one class hour or two
  to three laboratory hours per week. The semester
  is approximately of fifteen weeks.

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CRITERION 3 LABORATORIES AND COMPUTING FACILITIES

• Intent Laboratories and computing facilities
  must be adequately available and accessible to
  faculty members and students to support teaching
  and research activities. In addition departments
  may benchmark with similar departments in
  reputable institutions to identify their
  shortcomings if any.

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CRITERIAN-4 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ADVISING

• Intent Student must have an adequate support to
  complete the program in a timely manner and must
  have ample opportunity to interact with their
  instructors and receive timely advice about
  program requirements and career alternatives.

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CRITERION 5 PROCESS CONTROL

• Intent The processes by which major functions
  are delivered must be in place, controlled,
  periodically reviewed and continuously improved.
  To meet this criterion a set of standards must be
  satisfied.

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CRITERION 6 FACULTY

• Intent Faculty members must be current and
  active in their discipline and have the necessary
  technical depth and breadth to support the
  program. There must be enough faculty members to
  provide continuity and stability, to cover the
  curriculum adequately and effectively, and to
  allow for scholarly activities.

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CRITERION 7 INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES

• Intent Institutional facilities, including
  library, computing facilities, classrooms and
  offices must be adequate to support the objective
  of the program.

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CRITERION 8 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

• Intent The institutions support and the
  financial resources for the program must be
  sufficient to provide an environment in which the
  program can achieve its objectives and retain its
  strength.

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LATEST STATUS

• Program Teams for all the departments have been
  formed.
• Self Assessment Reports of 29 departments have
  been received and reviewed by QEC and sent back
  to the 7 departments for changes.
• Assessment Teams of 30 departments have been
  approved by the Vice Chancellor.

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ACTVITIES

• Lectures cum Group Discussions for the following
  faculties of University of the Punjab were
  carried out during the last quarter -

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ACTVITIES
ACTVITIES
Faculty Date Invited Attended Absent
Arts Humanities 12-11-09 9 6 3
Behavior Social Studies Commerce 19-11-09 8 4 4
Education Islamic Studies Law 26-11-09 15 5 10
Engineering Technology Economics Management Sciences 18-12-09 13 5 8
Science Life Sciences Oriental Learning Pharmacy 07-01-10 30 12 18
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ACTIVITIES
ACTVITIES

• Proceedings of Minutes of the Meeting of Group
  Discussions/Lectures were compiled and sent to
  all the invited departments/institutes/colleges,
  Vice Chancellor and Registrar of the University
  of the Punjab.
• QEC Teams visited the Centre for Clinical
  Psychology for clarification regarding SAM on
  02-02-2010.

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ACTIVITIES
ACTVITIES

• Letters were sent to Deans of all Faculties
  requesting them to expedite the compilation of
  SAM Reports.
• At the same time, executive summaries of 10
  audited departments have been sent to the
  respective departments and asked to prepare their
  implementation plan according to self assessment
  procedure.

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AUDITED DEPARTMENTS

• Departments whose audit is completed and their
  executive summary is sent to these departments.
• Department of Arabic
• Department of Kashmir Studies
• Department of Iqbal Studies
• Department of Punjabi
• Department of Persian
• Department of Urdu
• Institute of Quality Technology Management
• College of Engineering Emerging Technology
• Centre for Coal Technology
• Department of English Language Literature

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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

• The following department/institute/college have
  sent their implementation plan to QEC-
• College of Engineering Emerging Technology
• Institute of Quality Technology Management
• Centre for Coal Technology
• Department of English Language Literature

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CONCLUSION

• The conclusions of these meetings are as under-
• It is noticed that there is a lack of interest in
  SAM activities at departmental level.
• It is agreed that SAM is a great opportunity to
  enhance the level of education.
• The present format of SAM is more oriented
  towards engineering disciplines and is meant for
  semester systems. SAM is a generic system, the
  user are at liberty to make alterations to suit
  their requirements without changing the basic
  fundamentals of quality assurance as given in
  SAM.

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Conclusion
CONCLUSION

• It is desired by program team members to reduce
  the teaching load on teachers involved in
  compilation of SAM at departmental level.
• High Turnover of program team members within
  departments is also noticed and needs to be
  discouraged.

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Conclusions
CONCLUSION

• SAM should be users friendly and simple so that
  departments like Arabic, Urdu and Islamiat etc.
  can also follow the instructions and standards of
  SAM. As explained earlier the departments have
  the liberty to modify the SAM to suit their
  requirement without altering the fundamental of
  QA.
• Program Team Members, Assessment Team Members and
  Auditors should be given some incentives in the
  form of remuneration.

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CONCLUSION

• The interest in QA SAM completion can be
  increased among different departments, firstly by
  clarifying the SAM and by increasing awareness
  secondly, SAM is not a survey form and it is a
  complete course of management system. However,
  the implementation of quality assurance and SAM
  can only be effectively implemented by the
  commitment in letter and spirit of the Directors
  and Deans of the Departments. The QEC can
  contribute by creating awareness by training in
  cluster of program teams.

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FUTURE PLAN

• To motivate the program team members for the
  implementation of SAM by carrying out meetings at
  departmental level. It may also include the visit
  of individual departments by QEC team if found
  necessary.
• Audits of Self Assessment Reports submitted by
  different departments is planned.

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FUTURE PLAN
FUTURE PLAN

• Follow up with departments for Self Assessment
  Reports is already started and will continue as
  well.
• Follow up with changes suggested by QEC with
  departments who have sent their Self assessment
  reports is also underway.

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THANK YOU