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QEC Functions

QEC Functions

As guided by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, QEC is responsible for:

  1. The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) is to be headed by the Director reporting directly to Vice Chancellor. He is to be the correspondent with the outside bodies.
  2. QEC is responsible for promoting public confidence that the quality and standards of the award of degrees are enhanced and safeguarded.
  3. QEC is responsible for the review of quality standards and the quality of teaching and learning in each subject area.
  4. QEC is responsible for the review of academic affiliations with other institutions in terms of effective management of standards and quality of programs.
  5. QEC is responsible for defining clear and explicit standards as points of reference to the reviews to be carried out.
  6. QEC is responsible to ensure qualifications framework, attributes and abilities that can be expected from the holder of a qualification, i.e. Bachelors, M. Phil.,
  7. QEC is responsible to ensure program specifications. These are standard set of information clarifying what knowledge, understanding, skills and other attributes a student will have developed on successfully completing a specific program.
  8. QEC is responsible to develop quality assurance processes and methods of evaluation to affirm provision of quality and standard are being maintained to foster curriculum, subject and staff development, together with research and other scholarly activities.
  9. QEC is responsible to ensure that the university’s quality assurance procedures are designed to fit in with the arrangements in place nationally for maintaining and improving the quality of Higher Education.
  10. QEC is responsible to develop procedures for the following:
    • Approval of new programs
    • Student feedback
    • Institutional assessment
    • Program specifications
    • Qualification framework
    • Self-Assessment reports of all faculties
    • MS/PhD Program Reviews
    • National & International Memberships & Rankings.

At Shifa Tameer e Millat University (STMU)

Academic Quality Section

This section intends to improve the standard of academic quality by developing a healthy liaison with HEC and with all faculties of STMU. Most of the projects which are currently executing under QEC are major part of it. These include;

  • Self-Assessment Reports of all Faculties
  • MS/PhD Program Reviews
  • NOC of any new MS and PhD Programs from HEC
  • National & international Rankings (HEC, QS, Times Higher Education)
  • Provision of Roadmap of Academic Programs and their Approvals

Other than aforementioned tasks, this division is also aimed to provide assistance to all faculties of STMU regarding their memberships and accreditations with major National and International bodies. However, the main task of accreditation lies with Faculties.

Data Analytics Section

This division intends to collect and analyze the data and come up with various reports, which can be used to improve the quality of academia and services. The core projects of this division may include formulation of online surveys by integrating with main departments. These surveys may include:

  1. Course and Teachers Evaluation Survey
  2. Faculty Satisfaction Survey
  3. Alumni Survey
  4. Employer Survey
  5. Survey of Graduating Students

Some of the results from aforementioned surveys are used in SARs, so strong integration of data analyst with all three divisions is paramount to optimize the results. Apart from this, there are many avenues where survey results give us the factual data to base our decisions e.g. students view in discounting & scholarship policy, faculty view in terms of faculty development and research etc.
As part of STMU’s efforts toward continually improving the students, faculty, alumni and employer satisfaction on different aspects related to university, QEC has been given the responsibility to collect, analyze and report the afore-mentioned stakeholders feedback in each semester. Faculty/ College -wise online feedback system through a structured questionnaire has been maintained that affords students, faculty, alumni and employer with an opportunity to reflect upon their experience in each semester.

Quality Enhancement Cell

Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University
Gate No.1, Shifa International Hospitals, Pitras Bukhari Road, Sector H-8/4, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan

Director QEC
Muhammad Yousaf Jamil
Tel: +92-51-849-0229 (Ext:108)
director.qec@stmu.edu.pk

Additional Director QEC
Mr. Wasim Ahmed
Tel: +92-51-849-0229 (Ext:101)
wasim.qec@stmu.edu.pk