Effectiveness of Program Evaluation through the HEC Prescribed Self Assessment Model in Improving the Quality of Degree Programs in a Public Sector University in Pakistan
Journal Article
2, Muhammad Abdul Wahid Usmani . 2014
نوع عمل المنشور:
Research Paper
المجلة \ الصحيفة:
International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us
رقم العدد:
1
رقم الإصدار السنوي:
4
الصفحات:
42-72
مستخلص المنشور:
Program evaluation is a mandatory requirement of Higher education Commission (HEC), Pakistan. All degree and diploma programs, after the completion of each academic cycle, are required to prepare a report called Self-Assessment Report (SAR) based on the parameters prescribed by the HEC. With the establishment of Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Quality Enhancement cells were established in eighty six public and private sector universities all over Pakistan to promote and assure quality culture in higher education. They were given the task to implement Quality Assurance through program evaluation using Self-Assessment Model.
The purpose of the current research project was to study the impact of program Evaluation through Self-Assessment on the quality of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs. The study was a survey study based on the data collected from one hundred faculty members belonging to fifteen undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the field of Medical and Allied Health Sciences where Self-Assessment was implemented to evaluate these programs in a public sector university in Karachi. Analysis of the data has revealed tremendous changes in the performance and quality of the selected programs who have undertaken implementation of sustained program evaluations through Self-Assessment exercise. The exercise has led to systematically improving the quality of Program Mission, Objectives, Outcomes and Curriculum Design and organization by identifying the strengths and areas for improvement of the programs.