1. Quality Enhancement Cell QEC Progress: An Overview
GC University Lahore
Quality Enhancement Cell QEC Progress: An Overview
Presented by: Iram Sohail
Director-QEC
Prepared by: Syeda Amina Hassan
Deputy Director-QEC

2. QEC’s Mission Statement
“The mission of the Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) within the GC University Lahore is to monitor and enhance academic processes, procedures and practices within academic departments, keeping in view the proposals put forward by the HEC-Pakistan and in accordance with international quality assurance developments.”
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3. Establishment of the QEC Office
The QEC office at GCUL was set up and established (End of March 2007)
Induction/Recruitment of QEC Staff as per instructions defined by HEC-Pakistan
Purchase of necessary office equipment and furniture
Office Operations streamlined
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QEC Policy Documents
Policy Memorandum_001 (Decembere2006)
Policy Paper_001 (February 2007) which also includes the GCU’s Mission Statement, the nine (9) Quality Criteria and eight (8) GCU Graduate Attributes
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5. Formation of QEC Committees
Program Quality Assurance Progress Report (PQAR) Focus Group (April 2007)
Consultative Working Group (CWG) for Curriculum Planning
Curriculum Administration and Management System (CAMS) for the development of QA instruments
Consultative Working Group (CWG) for the development of Research Handbook
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6. Formation of QEC Committees
Consultative Working Group (CWG) for QA Webpage
Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) Steering Committee
Academic Departments’ Quality Assurance (QA) Committees and nominations of QA Program Team Leaders and QA Program Team Members
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7. QEC Meetings PQAR Focus Group Meetings (7)
The Program Quality Assurance Report (PQAR) Focus Group meetings were held on:
April 30, 2007
May 7, 2007
May 14, 2007
May 21, 2007
May 28, 2007
June 4, 2007
June 11, 2007
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8. QEC Meetings PQAR Focus Group Meetings (7)
The QA issues discussed during the meetings were
regarding
QC1- Mission Statements
QC2- (Curriculum Planning)
QC6-(Faculty)
GGAs-(GCU Graduate Attributes and Outcomes),
Development of course outlines
Course-skill mappings
Guideline for the preparation of PQA Report which the departments of the Focus Group are required to submit to the QEC in August 2007
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QEC Meetings
QEC meetings (4) with the Department of Computer Science regarding Curriculum Planning held in May 2007 and June 2007
HRDC Progress Meetings
QEC meetings on QA issues held in October, November and December 2006
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QEC Training Sessions
QEC Training Sessions for Staff orientation on various issues of QA-Two sessions were held in April and May 2007
QEC batch wise training sessions (2) on curriculum planning held in May 2007
HRDC workshops regarding Faculty Development Programme held in March and June 2007
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QEC Training Sessions
QEC Workshop on Inter-Personal Communication Skills and Strategic Planning held in October-November 2006
QEC lecture on Educational Excellence through Academic Quality Assurance as part of capacity building
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QEC Academic Audits
QEC Academic Audits of Teaching Departments for checking/inspection of QA key documents.
Audit 1:
March & April 2007
Audit 2:
May 2007 onward - in progress
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13. Course Outlines Development
Development of Sample Course Outlines of the courses of B.A/B.Sc (Hons.)4-year degree programme (April 2007)
Development of Course outlines of the courses of B.A/B.Sc (Hons.) 4-year degree programmes of the University according to the approved format (April 2007 onward- In Progress)
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QEC Research Handbook
Preparation of the Research Handbook (May 2007) for the use of students, faculty and supervisors is under progress
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QEC Surveys
Distribution of Survey Forms/ Questionnaires to the academic Departments for conducting surveys and compiling survey results for PQA report (June 2007)
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16. QEC SWOT Analysis & Post SWOT Analysis
Academic Departments’ SWOT and Post SWOT Analysis was conducted
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QEC Press Releases
QEC press releases regarding QEC news, training workshops and training sessions (March 2007 onward)
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18. QEC Website Development
QEC Website developed and QA Policy documents uploaded
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19. QEC Documentation and Dissemination of Information
QEC Letters (098 – General & on QA matters) issued to the academic and administrative departments for information, guidance, action and compliance
Minutes of PQAR Focus Group meetings (7) held in April, May & June 2007
QEC meetings (3) with the Department of Computer Science regarding curriculum planning held in May 2007 & June 2007
QEC meetings (4) on QA issues held in October, November & December 2006
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QEC Filing System
Organization, arrangement and filing of QEC documents
Opened QEC files (24)
Implementation is in progress
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