Quality Assurance Unit

ii.      Designing plans for effective teaching-learning and methods for progressive researches.

iii.      Upgrading the academic entities and curricula to meet the external quality assurance assessment and accreditation requirements.

iv.      Institutionalizing the quality assurance culture within the university.

v.      Examining and evaluating self assessment (SA) practices and methods through periodic audit and survey.

vi.      Timely adjusting all quality assurance (QA) related activities according to the existing rules of UGC and other permitted external QA agencies.

(spr+ sum+ fal) 2014

Male (74%): 5939 Female (26%): 2053

Undergraduate: 09

Postgraduate   : 01

(3 yrs average annual budget)

Tuition Fees ……..  (99.00 %)

Donation…………. (0.005 %)

Others (Project)….. (0.005 %)

MBA 1993

BSEEE,BSME

BSCE  1994

BSEEE 1994

BSME

1995

ii. Highly qualified academic and administrative staffs are available to review and incorporate quality aspects in the curriculum

iii. Academic and administrative members of the university are interested to improve quality on continuous basis

ii. The qualified academic and administrative staffs needs structured trained on quality assurance in curriculums

ii. A significant number of faculty members having international exposure can easily learn and implement international quality standards

iii. Initial assistance in developing an Institutional Quality Assurance Cell could help the university to develop and nurture a sustainable programs on quality assurance

ii. Absence of national Quality Assurance Framework to develop 21^st century graduates

iii. Achieving ever-changing needs for self-employment and employment by the graduates

ii. Equipped laboratories

iii. Equipped classrooms

iv. Automation Systems

v. IT based teacher-students communication systems

vi. Availability of latest editions of the texts and references in the fully equipped library

vii. First year retention rate of undergraduate students is almost 90%

viii. North American grading system applies

iii. Continuous assessment based course evaluation techniques has been adopted

ix. Detailed course content has been explained in the syllabus

ii. Limited techniques and resources (including resource persons) for self-assessment of teaching methods and learning outcomes

iii. The format of the syllabus is not uniform in nature

ii. Available space and building facility in own campus to accommodate facilities for quality assurance

iii. Externally assisted training on teaching and learning environment

ii. Project based training opportunity

ii. Access to these trainings are limited

iii. Lacks institutional framework to deliver these trainings

ii. Journal Committee has been constituted for publication of peer reviewed journal

iii. International Advisory Council for the Peer Reviewed Journal has been constituted

iv. ISN number has been received for the journal

v. 11 monographs have been published

vi. Laboratory facilities are available for technical and technology based research and experiments

vii. Library and online services are available for research

viii. Publication Reward System has been established and publications by the members of the university community are being annually rewarded

ix. Publication has been set as a criteria for promotion

x. In last 5 years around 81 research papers have been published in peer reviewed journals by the faculty members

xi. Has cooperation with 81 universities, institutions and organizations at home and abroad for joint research

xii. A Consultancy Training Research and Publication Division has been established

xiii. 3 Research Stations in Nikhongchori (100 acres), Bancharampur (482 acres), Gazipur (11 acres) and another 27 are planned in other 27 AEZs

ii. Lack of funding opportunity for postgraduate research

ii. Link with international academic institutions for knowledge sharing

iii. Faculties are capturing externally funded research (last year the amount was 90 lakh BDT)

iv. Teaching staffs are capable of undertaking research and publication but needs structured training and workshops to build research capacity

v. Building research capacity could enable a large number of teaching staff to carry out research and publication

ii. Industrial and social needs are merely reflected into teaching

iii. Less homogeneous industrial and social innovation within the country making the country dependents on external innovations

iv. There is no institutional response for conducting research jointly with industry/other research institutions

ii. Qualified academic and administrative staffs who can take the role of trainers after getting trained

iii. Staff development process is based on self-help approach

ii. Congenial academic environment

iii. Ratio of number of senior faculty members and junior faculty members is balanced

ii. Staff development process is not synchronised (academic and administrative functions are not well linked)

ii. A group of staff development trainers can be developed

ii. Counselling and Guidance Centre

iii. Helps sessions in English, Math and IT

iv. Shuttle and Transports

v. Group Health Insurance facility

vi. Automated Service Delivery System

vii. Online Request for Assistance facility

viii. University’s e-mail address for all students for communications

ix. Assistance in study, research and experiments at laboratories and libraries

x. Sports Advisors from Academics

xi. Sports and other co-curricular activities for the student body available.

xii. Discipline based alumni association

ii. Students are frequent user of different online social networking system

iii. Political interference free student environment

ii. Around 20 equipped laboratories

iii. Around 600 computers for academic and administrative works

iv. 3 Research Stations in Nikhongchori (100 acres), Bancharampur (482 acres), Gazipur (11 acres)

v. In-campus fishery and agricultural research centre

vi. 10 science labs are functioning

vii. Internet connectivity in the campus

viii. 2 seminar halls

ii. Development of facilities under different research projects

ii. There is no central inventory of externally funded research projects

ii. International Office with two Directors and one Assistant Registrar

iii. Link programme with different universities

ii. Individual faculty members are doing consultancy services

iv. Existence of public relations division

ii. Motivation of the faculty member to assist community services

·   Fund disbursement

·   Allotment of office space

·   Facilitating logistics

·   Recruitment of staff

·   Award announcement by QAU of UGC

·   Contract signing between university and UGC

·   Appointment of Directors and Additional Directors

·   Appointment of required staff

·   QAC will approve the proposal and forward to UGC

·   UGC will disburse the agreed fund to IQAC

·   University authority will actively cooperate

·   QAU will assist the university in forming IQAC

·   Modifying the plans in accordance with implementation experiences and practical needs from time to time

·   Approval of initial and modified plans by appropriate bodies

·   Proper implementation of plans

·   Feedback are accounted while modifying the plans and the modifications are duly approved by appropriate bodies

·   Feedback regarding implementation of plans

·   QAC will approve the plans and forward to UGC for final approval

·   UGC will provide fund to the IQAC on time to implement the plans

·   University authority will actively cooperate

·   IQAC will collect feedback on the items included in the plans and about implementation status of the plans before taking any modification initiative

·   Facilitating training to SAC members

·   Providing fund and  support to SAC

·   Monitoring the activities of SAC

·   Assisting the SAC to initiate the self assessment process

·   Monitoring and cross-checking the activities of SAC

·   SA related activities are initiated in the program offering entity level

·   Written and verbal contact / communication among IQAC, SAC and program offering entity

·   Responses of IQAC to queries of SAC and program offering entity and vice-versa

·   Planned surveys and workshops are executed by entities

·   Arrangements for peer-review are completed

·   Modification plans are made based on peer observations

·   SAC will get required support from the program offering entity

·   SAC will get required fund for SA activities

·   The stakeholders, such as students, faculty members, staff, graduates and employers will cooperate with the proposed QA and SA initiative

·   Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the existing policies, systems, processes and procedures for attaining the ultimate objective of quality assurance

·   Prioritizing the policies, systems, processes and procedures that require modifications

·   Identifying the new policies, systems, processes and procedures that seem to be required for higher education quality enhancement

·   Initiating actions to modify existing and adopt new policies, systems, processes and procedures with the aim of attaining quality assurance

·   Initiatives are undertaken by IQAC for reviewing the policies, systems, processes and procedures associated with QA initiative

·   The strengths and weaknesses of the existing policies, systems, processes and procedures are correctly specified for attaining the ultimate objective of quality assurance

·   A modification plan is initiated for overcoming the identified weaknesses

·   The modification requiring policies, systems, processes and procedures are prioritized as per importance, necessity and capability

·   A set of the new policies, systems, processes and procedures are identified for attaining the ultimate objective of quality assurance

·   Initiatives are taken to modify the existing and adopt new policies, systems, processes and procedures with the aim of attaining quality assurance

·   The opinion of concerned stakeholders are considered in proposing modifications

·   Modification are made mainly based on the prime objective of quality assurance

·   Modified and newly introduced policies, systems, processes and procedures are approved by appropriate bodies, such as academic council and syndicate of the university

·   The faculty members and students of the discipline are cooperating with the SA initiative

·   The stakeholders are providing important feedback for SA initiative

·   Application of various teaching-learning

·   IQAC is assisting SAC for implementing SA process, preparing internal SA report, arranging external peer review and finalizing the improvement plan

·   IQAC and QAC activities are directed towards getting program level accreditation

·   Number of programs and disciplines covered under self-assessment exercises

·   Feedback of students on teaching-learning environment

·   Feedback of faculty members on teaching-learning environment

·   Evaluation of IQAC regarding the improvement in teaching-learning environment

·   Curriculum coverage in courses

·   Result of students

·   Employability of graduates

·   Faculty members of the discipline have adequate knowledge about the teaching-learning methods and importance of SA and QA related initiatives

·   Faculty members are dedicated towards quality teaching

·   Students have keen interest to adjust with better teaching-learning method

·   Proper arrangements are undertaken by IQAC, QAC and university authority for improving teaching-learning environment

·   The faculty members and students of the discipline are motivated towards research work

·   The stakeholders are providing support to research initiatives

·   University authority encourages research initiatives

·   The result (grade) of thesis or research related courses

·   The financial and technical support provided by university to research works

·   Feedback of faculty members and students on research initiatives and outcomes

·    Evaluation of IQAC regarding the improvement in research outcomes

·   Publication from research outcomes

·   Contribution of research outcomes to community and society

·   Market demand of the products / services generated through research outcomes

·   The University / Discipline will grant sufficient facilities to execute research works

·   The researchers will employ fullest effort to hunt grant for research works

·   The ethics in research will be maintained

·   Industry / organization will extend helping hand towards better research initiatives

·   IQAC and concerned other bodies will take initiatives to improve institutional QA culture

·   The policies, systems, processes and procedures associated with QA culture will be reviewed and modified, if necessary

·   The stakeholders will provide unconditional support for improving institutional QA culture

·   IQAC works for institutional assessment

·   IQAC and QAC activities are directed towards getting institution level accreditation

·   The QA related activities at institutional level are properly identified

·   Written and verbal contact / communication among IQAC, Dean office and Registrar office

·   Involvement of stakeholders in institutional QA culture development

·   Training and workshops are arranged for institutional QA culture development

·   Arrangements for peer-review are completed

·   Modification plans are made based on peer observations for institutional QA culture development

·   Required fund and other facilities will be provided for institutional QA culture development

·   The stakeholders, such as students, faculty members, staff, graduates and employers will cooperate with the proposed institutional level QA culture development

·   IQAC prepares the AIQAR

·   Concerned other reports are prepared

·   Liaise with QAC

·   Liaise with dean office

·   Liaise with academic council, syndicate and other appropriate bodies of the university

·   Liaise with QAU

·   Liaise with external QA agencies

·   Communication with stakeholders

·   IQAC has internet access, phone and other tolls for maintaining liaison

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   University authority will actively cooperate

·   Stakeholders will cooperate actively

·   Program offering entity encourages faculty members to work in SAC

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Faculty members are motivated to participate in SA process

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   SAC arranges workshops

·   Faculty members are motivated to participate in the workshops

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from peers

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from students

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from employers

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from alumni

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from non-academic staff

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from academic staff

·   Timely disbursement of required and justified fund

·   Cooperation from students

·   Cooperation from students

·   Motivation of faculty members and students towards improved teaching-learning process

·   Students are motivated to learn

·   Proper access to journals

·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Checking and verifying course content  / syllabus

·   Cooperation from students

·   Journal website

·   Records

·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Journal website

·   Records

·   Feedback from graduates

·   Copy of articles

·   TOR of the granted leaves

·   TOR of scholarships offered

·   Data of applications made through proper channel

·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Graduates are motivated towards higher study with support of scholarship

·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Young and newly joined faculty members are motivated for enrolling in Ph. D program

·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Experienced faculty members are interested to guide Masters students

·   Rules of university and discipline attracts interested candidates to apply for Masters degree

·   Feedback from enrolled students in Masters programs

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·   Feedback from faculty members

·   Feedback from non-academic staff

·   The members of the committee attempt to modify syllabus in line with market demand

·   The modifications listed in the resolution of the meeting

·   Invoices of book purchase

·   University authority will cooperate

·   Resource persons will assist IQAC to review policies, systems, processes and programs

·   University authority will cooperate to functionalize the modified policies, systems, processes and programs

·   Attempts of the university to launch the modified policies, systems, processes and programs

·   Stakeholders are motivated to participate

·   Each discipline/office will store the data

·   Each discipline/office will make a computerized database of students

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·   Guide and assist the program offering entities of the university to define program objectives;

·   Develop standards and benchmarks for various academic and administrative activities of the university;

·   Co-ordinate all QA related activities within the university

·   Liaise with QAU and other external QA agencies

·   Organize workshops, seminars and training for capacity building and promote QA culture at all levels of the university

·   Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) of the IQAC.

·   Provide others necessary responsibilities mentioned in the IQAC operation manual

· Liaise with SA committee, QUA and other external QA agencies

· Assist and sharing responsibility assign by the Director

· Provide others necessary responsibilities mentioned in the IQAC operation manual

Teachers are appointed not only by considering their degree but also how well they can deliver the material or how intelligible they are to students or audience. There is an elaborate process of selection involving preliminary sorting through scrutiny of applications, sharing university  mission, operation and philosophy to ascertain identity with the same, written examination, individual interviews through assessment forms by experts and administrators, English language test, demonstration lecture involving peers and students, top level interview leading to selection or rejection for those who reach final stage.  Following recruitment, each teaching staff undergoes a structured daylong orientation program where teaching staffs are exposed to the holistic teaching, learning, experiments and research environment of the university.   Each course offering is preceded by preparation of a Course Outline by the Instructor assigned to teach the course, which is distributed to the course participants. The Course Outline is also preserved in the university library for record and future reference. By examining the course outline university can ascertain the standard of teaching material to be covered during the semester.   Students are often asked about their course curriculum, what they think would be helpful, how the curriculum can be enriched etc and their suggestions are given due weight in the light of prevailing standard of knowledge in the subject area.  Each class is physically monitored as to whether the class takes place in proper schedule. Every week Registry presents the statistics of classes held and to be made up, if any, to weekly Staff Coordination and Planning Meeting. Finally, the monthly class monitoring report is presented in the monthly meeting of the Academic Council. This class monitoring process is expected to ensure accountably.    In case a student is absent, teacher is to report to the registry and sign an absentee report for the student. Registry copies the report, keep one in student’s file, send one to student, one to guardian and one to program coordinator. This helps student’s attendance and learning as well as quality assurance. Course Instruction Survey (CIS) is conducted by students at the end of a course. The CIS is conducted to evaluate the course material, teaching efficiency and how far the students are benefited by the course. This is administered by the registry and teacher will not know about the evaluation result before finalizing the course grade. Further the secrecy of the student is strictly maintained. This is a source of information about the course and teaching efficiency. Teachers are informed about the student’s evaluation on their performances and about the course material in aggregate form which provides inputs to improve the course quality. CIS uses standard form and the data is processed through software. University emphasizes on teaching-learning. IUBAT has an environment designed for learning. Often training and workshops are organized by the university with the presence of internal or external experts to be followed by discussion session. Teachers are obligated to take part in the trainings.  In addition, to improve students’ learning, Math Olympiad, IT related competitions, spelling ability etc. often are held. These contests help academic improvement. Students can take part in the ongoing research projects to gain job experience as well as some financial benefits.   There are as many as 10 specialized centers to benefit the scholars of the University in this regard. Students are encouraged to find their own practicum placement but when necessary Registry or teachers do help. In this process, students are encouraged to be independent.      For career development, students are given a number of special courses and students are trained accordingly to handle their problems. University has a Counseling and Guidance Centre that helps IUBAT students, when necessary. Following the graduation of the scholars, the performance of the graduates at the job places, contribution to family, societal, and national as well as international development have been recorded by the university. These information is then discussed in the academic counseling meetings to improve the suggest areas of academics, i.e. partial adjustments of the course curricula to make the graduates fit for current job market. Syllabus is to be developed consulting syllabi of program of different domestic and international universities and need of the course, which is mostly open to changes and modifications or as directed by the advance of knowledge in the relevant field.  Faculty Development Program are frequently organized. Regular workshops, conferences, seminars and dialogues are organized by the university for development of the teaching staff which are enriched by external resource personnel invited from collaborating universities throughout the globe.  The Academic Retreat is a scheduled phenomenon of the university. As to the formal part of an Academic Retreat, the academic community of the university temporarily takes off from the regular academic activities to initiate dialogues and brainstorming discussion among themselves in a different setting on academic issues, strategies and sustainable strategic solutions. Based on recommendations made on issues concluded during the formal dialogues and discussions, the university undertakes measures to ensure standard functioning of its academic and associated activities. One academic retreat follows the other whereby implementation of the accepted recommendations is evaluated as well as new issues and opportunities are discussed. In this process the journey for ensuring quality education delivery of the university continues. Informal part of the Academic Retreat is the tourism and sightseeing programs that freshens the faculty and participating individuals as a result of exuberances. Recently, IUBAT has filed application for regional accreditation of BAETE (Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education) for its engineering programs. In this application process, the university has spent a significant amount of its budget to update its laboratories, libraries and other facilities. It is expected the accreditation team will be visiting the university campus soon.

Quality assurance process determines whether the graduates achieved the predetermined standard in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that addresses the expectations of the stakeholders. The quality assurance process includes, designing academic programs, strategies, implementation, and systematic review of the process to measure the effectiveness and continuous improvement. It enables the higher education institutions (HEIs) to provide assurance of learning with confidence. Implicitly, it is the responsibility of the HEIs to maintain, improve and deliver the generally acceptable standards of quality of its study programs. The expected results from the   IQAC are:

§   Well functioning QA system

§   Improved capacity to assess and evaluate study programs

§   Greater transparency and accountability in academic management

§   Readiness for accreditation of study programs

§   Image building and acceptability of academic exchange

§   Enhanced competitiveness to attract talented students

§   Improved capacity to address new educational demands and competitive challenges;

§   Improved capacity for producing qualified graduates for the labor market at home and abroad.

II. Formulation of Benchmark

Benchmarking involves regularly comparing aspects of performance (functions or processes) with best practitioners, identifying gaps in performance, seeking fresh approaches to bring about improvements in performance, following through with implementing improvements, and following up by monitoring progress and reviewing the benefits. The four steps involved in benchmarking are: 1) understanding in detail one’s own processes; 2) analyzing the processes of others; 3) comparing your own performance with that of others analyzed; and 4) implementing the steps needed to close the performance gap. The Benchmarking Framework was developed to provide a tool that could be used by university to:

§  Ascertain performance trends and initiate self-improvement

§  Enable groups of universities to compare their performance

§  Enable universities to ascertain their competitive [positions]

After the establishment of QAC, standards and benchmarks for various academic and administrative activities of IUBAT will be developed.

III. Management Practices

Accountability in higher education is a concept related to efficiency, effectiveness, and performance evaluation; it calls for proving, by effective means, that higher education has attained the predetermined results and performance. If the total quality management evaluation is done correctly, the evaluation will present the profile of the organization to different audience, i.e. the customers, governments, other industries, funding agencies and public. Overall management system in IUBAT will be improved through the activities of IQAC. Some are:

§ Rapid Service

§  Friendliness

§  Availability of information material

§ Clear guidelines and advice

§ Office automation systems

§ Use of internet for announcements

§ Sufficient working hours

§ Availability of textbooks and journals

§ Easy borrowing process

§ e-library

IV. Quality Culture

Quality culture represents a set of shared and recognized values, attitude and behavioral pattern, which will be extended to the incoming members of the community and society. The fundamental aspect of quality culture is strong commitment for continuous improvement with a holistic approach and harmony recognizing the contribution of all involved in the process. Evidences of quality culture need to be reflected in all areas including governance, teaching learning, program management, code of conduct, code of practice etc. There are many areas of quality assurance that are very important for quality education, but currently not practiced in Bangladesh. Besides, the traditional mindset of people concerned needs to be changed to accommodate and accept new concepts, new practices and norms of quality culture. IQAC will be an effective change agent for the expected quality culture in higher education. Some of the outcomes of IQAC are:

§ Self-Assessment of each study programs

§ SAC formation

§ Skill development workshops for SA

§ Integrating the course evaluation feedback of faculty members and students

V. Qualifications Framework

A framework is generally something that provides form and a degree of rigidity. National Qualifications Framework (NQF)is designed to provide nationally recognized and homogeneous standards and qualifications, as well as recognition for all learning of knowledge and competencies and a basis for further review, articulation and development of existing and impending qualifications. Also, it should facilitate curricular change and allow for the improvement of access and social inclusion, as well as the integration of changing societal needs. IQAC of IUBAT would be interested in applying the framework to their quality processes, either by using the framework directly or by adapting aspects of the framework. The expected results of IQAC on qualifications framework are as follows:

§ Homogenous standard of academic qualifications

§ It will modify the overlapping rules and regulations

§ More accountable academic decisions

VI. Study/Academic Programs

Study programs are established by higher education institutions and may differ by level of academic qualification, study mode and field of knowledge specialization, in accordance with academic and professional division of labor. A study program is accomplished through; (i) a curriculum, including all disciplines leading to an academic qualification, distributed by year of study, their weight being expressed in type of study credits; (ii) syllabus or course programs, containing a description of the teaching and learning themes and practices associated with teaching, learning and evaluation; (iii) the organizational chart of students and teaching staff covering the period of implementation of study program; (iv) the system of academic quality assurance for all activities necessary for the completion of the study program. The expected results are:

§ Developing the meta-cognitive skills of the faculty members

§ A centre to coordinate trainings and workshops for skill development

§ Developing new tools and techniques of SA understanding the context of Bangladesh

VII. Self-assessment of Study Programs

The process of self-assessment consists of the systematic collection of administrative data, the questioning of students and teachers, and the holding of moderated interviews with teachers and students, resulting in a self-assessment report. Self-assessment is a collective institutional reflection and an opportunity for quality enhancement. QAC will carry out regular self-assessment program in IUBAT. The expected results of this self-assessment process are as listed below:

§ All of the academic programmes will be covered by self-assessment process

§ Students active engagement in self-assessment process

§ Addressing the self-assessment process of non-academic staff

VIII. Accreditation of Study Programs

Accreditation is the process by which a government or private agency evaluates the quality of a higher education institution as a whole or a specific study program in order to formally recognize it as having met certain predetermined minimal criteria or standards. A national higher education community in the context of globalization cannot ignore the issue of acceptance of its quality assurance by the international higher education community. Global quality level is very critical for positive perception and image in favor of higher education of the country to address the demand of these global trends. Such global quality level may be achieved with the approval and recognition of credible international agencies like IAUP and INQAAHE. With the establishment of QAU at national level and IQACs at the universities Bangladesh will be able to show to the world that it takes the issue of quality education seriously. Thus, with the successful implementation and practice of QA culture Bangladesh would move ahead to get the recognition of quality level at the international height with credibility. IQAC will make the university ready to meet the external quality assurance assessment and accreditation requirements. The expected outcomes of accreditation of study programs are:

§ Amount of research funding opportunity will be increased

§ Access to job market of the graduates will be increased

IX. Validation of Study Programs

Peer observation to get useful insights for the purpose of improvement in all aspects of teaching learning assessment and capacity. IQAC in consultation with the entity undertaking self-assessment will make the arrangement for peer review process and follow the guidance of QAU. Subsequently the review panel will prepare and submit the peer review and validation report collectively to the Head of the program offering entity (in case of program assessment) and to Director IQAC. Receiving the peer review and validation report, Director IQAC will place the reports in the QAC meeting and forward one copy of the report to the QAU.

X. Student Learning

Quality in education refers the outcomes of educational system in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes, which addresses expectations of stakeholders and national relevance in general. The graduates must come out of the university equipped with requisite qualifications and skills that the society and the country need for achieving higher economic growth and prosperity. Here quality of graduates has been defined as, fitness of purposes. Some of the outcomes of IQAC in this regard are:

§ Improved teaching learning opportunities;

§ Improved teaching learning to attain the learning goals;

§ Enhanced competitiveness and competencies to meet the job market requirements;

§ Enhanced employability with improved quality and image of the university; and

§ Enhanced acceptability to reputed universities for further higher studies.

XI. Student Evaluation of Teachers

Student assessment is comprised of a set of activities to measure the attainment of learning outcomes. Assessment is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting information to determine the extent to which learning objectives have been achieved. Assessment creates a basis for judgment on the performance of student. Thus, effective and appropriate performance assessment approach is very important to judge the level of attainment of learning outcomes and skill development. IQAC will carry out regular student evaluation of teachers.

Through IQAC following task will be done:

§ Evaluation of teaching performance on a regular basis

§ Course evaluation report on a regular basis

XII. Teaching Learning and Learning Assessment

For the purpose of quality in teaching learning several factors are very critical which are:

§ Quality Staff

§ Appropriate teaching learning methods

§ Use of lesson plan

§ Technology integration

§ Skill development mechanism

As such, teaching learning should not be confined within the classroom only. Classroom learning is not enough to develop the desired skills. Universities should have a comprehensive skill development plan incorporating the curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

XIII. Research and Outreach programs

The core objective of higher education is to contribute to the sustainable development and improvement of society as a whole. It is undeniable fact that research forms the basis of creativity and innovation, which is regarded as critical for sustainable growth and development. Research also makes teaching learning effective and practice oriented. University must develop capacity with appropriate facilities and provisions to:

§  Undertake cutting edge research;

§  Give due recognition and priority to research;

§  Motivate faculty members and competent students to go for research and innovation;

§  Explore the possibility of corporate funding for university industry research collaboration;

§  Disseminate and transfer the research findings from laboratory to the field through

§  Extension services;

§  Apply for patent and commercialize the patented product;

§  Establish commercial arms for doing business; and,

§  IQAC will promote research and outreach activities.

The Vice Chancellor of IUBAT is committed to establish IQAC. By this time, all necessary actions have been taken to make the IQACs functional with the formation of IQAC in the University. The IQAC will become a permanent body in the IUBAT and will be sustained and maintained under the revenue budget of the university. After completion of the project, all activities and outcomes of IQAC will be continued through the revenue budget of the university. It is expected that sincere cooperation from the QAU of UGC, IUBAT authorities and academics will make the IQAC successful and sustainable.

Dr. KMN Sarwar Iqbal

Mr. Kazi Khaled Shams Chisty

(Administrative officer/office manager) To be recruited later

(Accounts/finance officer, communication officer) To be recruited later

(Record keeper, data entry/computer operator/ messenger/MLSS) To be recruited later

New: 118480133129

Dhaka 1209,  Bangladesh

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