Quality Assurance Programme Higher Education Commission, Islamabad

1. Quality Assurance ProgrammeHigher Education Commission, Islamabad (Prof. Dr. Riaz Hussain Qureshi)

2. 3 Pillars of Higher Education • Access • Quality • Relevance

3. 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”

4. 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.

5. Quality Assurance System at HEC

6. 3 Major Components of Quality Assurance Programme • Development of Quality Assurance Criteria. • Development of Processes & Capacity Building • Monitoring and Evaluation

7. 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

8. Continued… • Tenure Track System of appointments • Criteria for Recognition of Journals • Affiliation Criteria • Ranking Criteria

9. 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)

10. 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

11. Accreditation • Two tier process: • Institutional Accreditation (HEC) • Programme Accreditation (Accreditation Councils)

12. 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 • NCEAC • NAEAC • PTEAC • NBEAC

13. Monitoring and Evaluation • Self Assessment by the Universities • External Academic Audit by HEC • Monitoring Teams by HEC

14. Evaluation System for QA in HE

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. “QUALITY ADDING VALUE TO HIGHER EDUCATION” THANK YOU