Quality Esurance Cell for the educational institution to check the standard of the facilities required for the improvement of the education.

1. Quality Assurance Programme
Higher 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
HEC
QAC
QA-Department/
QAA
International
Linkages
QEC
HEIs
Accreditation
Councils

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
i. NCEAC
ii. NAEAC
iii. PTEAC
iv. 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
QEC
Student/Staff
Consultative
Committee
HEC
Departmental
Committee
Vice Chancellor
University
Learning &
Teaching
Committee

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”
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