1. Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
North South University
March 2016

2. Allocation to Academic Departments - SHLS
Amount (Taka)
DESM
958,000
Biology & Chemistry
Pharmacy
MPH
800,000

3. Self assessment criteria and standard
Governance
Curriculum content design and review
Student admission, progress and achievements
Physical facilities
Teaching-learning assessment
Student support services
Staff and facilities
Research and extension
Process management and continuous improvement

4. Indicative Allocation to Academic Departments
Incentive for the 3 member SA Committee Tk. 300,000
Workshops (three workshops) Tk. 105,000
Printing and Stationary Tk ,000
Survey including questionnaire
preparation, data collection, data
analysis and TA/DA for the faculty
members involved in field work Tk. 100,000
Peer Review Tk. 270,000
Operating cost/contingencies Tk ,000
Total Tk 800,000

5. Self Assessment Committee (SAC)
The Chair of the department will form the SAC (3 members – one as the Head of the committee and two as members)
The SAC will function for one year
In one year period, the SAC will conduct the self assessment, submit the self assessment report (SAR), facilitate the external peer review and finally prepare an improvement plan
The SAC will work with IQAC to develop the overall QA condition of the department
Incentive: 4 months’ basic pay for the Head, 2 months’ basic pay for the members
Incentive according to public university pay scale for respective rank

6. SAC Activities for one year
Prepare a self assessment activity schedule
Organize awareness building workshops
Prepare the survey tools for major stakeholders i.e. students, alumni, employers, staffs, non academic staffs etc.
Conduct the surveys
Prepare and analyze the data and prepare SAR
Organize workshop to share SAR findings
Propose the panel for external peer review to IQAC and conduct the external review
Prepare the improvement plan based on internal assessment and external peer review
The improvement plan will be submitted to the IQAC

7. After one year !
IQAC will submit the plan to QAC at NSU and will be ratified by Academic Council.
As the primary objective of the funding is to establish quality culture at department level and institution level, we hope NSU will continue the process and gradually implement the improvement plan on its own.