Project launched for capacity building of QEC

Islamabad : The Higher Education Commission (HEC), via its flagship World Bank supported project Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP), has focused on improving the quality of teaching and learning in decentralized higher education institutions i.e. Affiliated Colleges (AC) and Affiliating Universities (AUs) by establishing quality enhancement units.

These tertiary level institutions are often resource starved and need continuous support.

The Quality Enhancement Cells in Affiliated Colleges (QECACs) within the Quality Enhancement Cells (QEC) in affiliating universities aim at supporting the colleges affiliated with them.

The QECACs oversee various aspects of the quality of education imparted at affiliated colleges e.g., faculty, evaluation system and curriculum etc.

It is the responsibility of these universities to ensure the quality of the education of the programs authorised in their affiliated colleges, said a press release issued here Wednesday.

The QECACs also periodically assess all academic activities being undertaken by colleges and develop self-assessment reports.

The reports include assessment of the program offered in terms of the program objectives, learning outcomes, availability of faculty, requisite content relevance and resources needed.

The HEDP has established 45 functional units (QECACs) across Pakistan within QECs of affiliating universities.

HEDP supported these by providing technical and financial support to the universities for QECACs.

Likewise, Quality Enhancement Cells (QECs), the existing structures in the universities that were established by HEC, were also revamped by the HEDP to comply with the recently approved Quality Assurance framework of HEC.