OBJECTIVES OF QEC

It will be responsible for the development and management of procedures for academic quality assurance and enhancement.   

•             To review quality standards by auditing academic standards and the quality of teaching and learning in each subject area.

•             To promote public confidence that the quality and standards of the award of degree are enhanced and safeguarded.

•             To develop qualifications framework by setting out the attributes and abilities that can be expected from the holder of a qualification, i.e. Bachelors, Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D.

•             To review academic affiliations with other institutions in terms of effective management of standards and quality of programs.

•             To develop program specifications. These are standard set of information clarifying what knowledge, understanding, skills and other attributes a student will have to develop on successfully completing a specific program.

•              QEC will be responsible to ensure that University of Balochistan quality assurance procedures are designed to fit in with the arrangement in place provincially for maintaining and improving the quality of higher education.

QEC is responsible to develop procedures for the following:

• Approval of new programs in consultation with already existing bodies.

• Annual monitoring and evaluation e.g. faculty assessment and students perception.

• Departmental review

• Students feedback

•  Employer feedback

• Quality assurance of Mater’s, M.Phil. and Ph.D degree programs

• Subject review

• Institutional audit

• Program specifications

• Qualification framework