Functions of QEC

The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) is to be headed by a Director QEC reporting directly to Principal of College/institute. He/she is to be the correspondent with the outside bodies. The AIDM QEC department is established in March 2018. The Director QEC, Dr. Hina Gul Khattak monitored QEC functions and now has been oversea by Director QEC, Dr. Shaur Sarfaraz has
taken the charge.

The Cell is responsible for:

  • Promoting public confidence that the quality and standards of degree programs are enhanced and safeguarded.
  • Reviewing quality standards and the quality of teaching and learning in each subject area.
  • Reviewing academic affiliations with other institutions in terms of effective management of standards and quality of programs.
  • Defining clear and explicit standards as reference points for reviews, and clarifying what employees can expect from candidates.
  • Developing a qualifications framework by setting out the attributes and abilities expected from holders of qualifications such as MBBS, BDS, MDS, MD, Bachelor’s, Bachelor with Honors, Master’s, M.Phil, and Doctoral degrees.
  • Developing program specifications that clarify the knowledge, understanding, skills, and other attributes students should achieve upon successful completion of a specific program.
  • Developing quality assurance processes and evaluation methods to ensure the maintenance of academic standards, foster curriculum and staff development, and support research and scholarly activities.
  • Ensuring that the university’s quality assurance procedures align with national arrangements for maintaining and improving the quality of higher education.

QEC is responsible to develop procedures for the following:

  • Approval of new programs.
  • Annual monitoring and evaluation, including program monitoring, faculty monitoring, and student perception.
  • Departmental review.
  • Student feedback.
  • Employer feedback.
  • Master’s, M.Phil., and PhD degree programs (if applicable).
  • Subject review.
  • Institutional assessment.
  • Program specifications.
  • Qualification framework.
  • ISO 9001:2008 Certification: identification of processes that constitute a complete ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) using the process approach.

The core processes which are considered by QEC under the project of ISO 9001:2008 QMS are:

  • Quality Management Process
  • Resource Management Process
  • Training and Awareness Process
  • Product Purchasing Process
  • Design and Development Process
  • Service Provision Process
  • Product Management Process
  • Customer Relationship Management Process
  • Internal Quality Management Audit Process
  • Monitoring and Measuring Process
  • Management Review Process

The QEC team designated for ISO project makes sure that each process development plan should be organized as:

  • Developing procedure of processes
  • Documentation and record of processes
  • Ways to implement the processes
    • Maintenance procedure of defined processes
    • Monitoring and Measurement methodology for processes
    • Analysis tools for processes
    • Control procedure of processes
    • Improvement plans for processes

QEC department organized ISO 9001 Internal Audit Program at the following levels:

  • ISO 9001 Compliance Audit Program
  • ISO 9001 Policy Audit Program
  • ISO 9001 Procedures Audit Program
  • ISO 9001 Process Audit Program
  • ISO 9001 Records Audit Program

QEC has developed the internal Audit policy for procedures to check the process effectiveness in dimensions given below:

  • Management of procedures
  • Documentation of procedures
  • Content of procedures
  • Compliance against standard requirements
  • Usability of defined procedures
  • Training for effectiveness of procedures
  • Control of procedures
  • Record maintenance regarding procedures
  • Implementation plan of procedures
  • Improvements and amendments of procedures