1st International QA Conference
Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar, organized 1st International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education on December 18 and 19. Mr. Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Secretary Higher Education Department, KPK was the chief guest on the occasion.
Universities from all over Pakistan participated in the Conference. Mr. Muddassar Javed, Manager QA and Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar Ali, QA Officer represented Bahria University in 1st International Conference on Quality Assurance.
The purpose of the conference was to bring the role of Quality mechanism, practices and procedures in higher education into limelight in main stream education. The sub themes of the conference were Good QA practices in imparting knowledge, skills and Research at HEIs, Self-Assessment Reports in facilitating Accreditation Processes, Develop Public Confidence in Higher Education, Competing at International level for seeking standardization of Qualification Framework and employment, Significance of feedback of the stakeholders focusing Employers and Alumni, Challenges in implementation of QA processes, Impact of QA practices in building National Economy.
Besides national speakers, keynote speakers from Germany, Turkey, Bahrain and Sudan presented their papers. Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar Ali, QA Officer (BU) also presented his paper in the conference on the topic of “Impact of QEC Leaders’ Intellectual Competencies on Quality Enhancement of Higher Education Institutions”.
At the end of the each session, shields were distributed to the presenters and at the end of the conference certificates of participation were presented among all participants. Besides this cultural show on KPK heritage was organized by the KMU on 1st day night of the conference and on second day recreational trip was organized by KMU after the conclusion of the conference on 2nd day for the participants and presenters.