National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

(SEECS)
Department of Software Engineering
A summary of action taken for recovering the deficiencies mentioned in PEC evaluation
report
Sr.
No.

Criteria
Criterion1:
Program
Educatio
nal
Objectiv
es
(PEOs)

Description

Well-defined and
published program
Mission

Programs education al
objectives defined and
consistent with the
mission and well
publicized
Programs educational
objectives based on the
stakeholders needs
A process in place to
evaluate the
attainment of PEOs

Complia
nce
Level

Observation
and remarks
from PEC

Actions taken by the department

Responsibl
e

W
D

PEOs are more

like restatements
of PLOs, needs to
be revised
Must ensure all
stake-holders
involvement
No Process in
Place

A mechanism should be in place to

gather the Feedback from alumni and
employers. The forms are designed and
available on SEECS website.

SEECS ILO
HoD SE and
SHOD DOC

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A mechanism should be in place to

gather data from alumni about their
career growth.
This data will be used to compute the
KPIs for PEO attainment.

Criterion2:
Program
Learning
Outcome
s (PLO)

Well-defined and
published Program
Learning Outcomes
Programs Learning
Outcomes linked to
Program Educational
Objectives
PLO encompass all the
required graduate
attributes as defined in
EAB Accreditation
Manual

Mapping of program
Learning Outcomes to
Courses/Course
Learning Outcomes
(CLOs)
Teaching-learning and
assessment methods
appropriate and
supportive to the

PLOs have been

redefined and not
well publicized.

PEOs has to be
designed so the
linking is also to
be resigned

PLOs has been

redefined and no
mapping is
provided with the
PLOs given in the
EAB accreditation
manual

The department has adopted the PLOs

defined in the PEC EAB accreditation
manual.
HoD SE is already holding the meetings
with respective knowledge groups and
faculty members to redefine the CLOs,
their mapping with PLOs. The task is
65% completed

HoD SE

Need more
refinement in
defining the CLOs
and their
subsequent
mapping to the
PLOs.
Assessment in
Psychomotor and
Affective domains
need attention,
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attainment of Course
Learning outcomes
Quality of assessment
mechanism to
evaluate achievement
levels for all the
program learning
Outcomes by each
student
Process in place by
which assessment
results are applied to
further refine the
assessment mechanism
and/or redefine the
program/course
outcomes, thus leading
to continuous
improvement of the
program

Criterion3:
Curriculu
m and
Learning
Process

Curriculum covers
Required breadth and
depth for the Program
Curriculum provides
Balanced Coverage of
Technical and nontechnical contents
Adequate coverage for
exposure to Complex
Engineering Problems
and Activities

Use of Rubrics not

well understood

No formal process
in place

Y
W

Understanding of
complex
engineering
problems, in the
light of EAB
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Accreditation
manual should be
enhanced.
Course Learning
Outcomes (CLOs)
defined for all courses
with appropriate
Learning Levels, e.g.
the ones defined in
Blooms Taxonomy

Benchmarking of
curriculum carried out
with
National/International
best practices

OFI

A process in place for

involving industry in
curriculum
development/revision

Employment of other

Assessment in
Psychomotor and
Affective domains
need attention
Benchmarking
with HECs NCRC
curriculum has
been carried out.
Needs there to
carry out
comparison with
a Software
Engineering
Program in full
member
countries of
Washington
Accord.
No formal
mechanism in
place. Need is
there to actively
involve the
industry at
program level for
curriculum
development/revi
sion

An Industry Advisory Board be formed

consisting of prominent members from
software industry. Annual Meetings to be
held during the open house.

HoD SE
SEECS ILO

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aspects of students
learnings such as
tutorial system,
research / design
projects and seminar /
workshops , etc. to
enhance student
learning, in addition to
regular classroom
interaction and lab
experimentation
Exposure to
cooperative learning
through supervised
internship program with
proper feedback from
the employer

Well-equipped and
appropriate labs to
support subject
learning by providing
sufficient opportunities
for hands on lab
experimentation

Sufficient opportunities
to invoke intuitiveness
and originality of
thought through PBL,
Design Projects and
Open-Ended labs.
Final year Project is of
at-least 6 Cr. Hrs. and
focuses on the solution

No proper
mechanism in
place. No
evidence of
feedback from
the employer

Internship will be managed by SEECS

ILO.
Internship may be made mandatory for
the Students.
It will be made mandatory for the
students to submit the employers
feedback form to the department.

SEECS ILO
and
HOD UG
Studies

Open ended lab

and design
project culture is
needs to enhance
the intuitiveness
and originality of
thoughts.
Project of 6 credit
is being offered.
However quality
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of project report
and use of rubrics
for evaluation
need to be
assured.

of Complex Engineering
Problems

Criterion4
Students

Assessment of various
learning outcomes
employ direct/indirect
methods appropriate
for that outcomes
The process of
evaluating the PLO
attainment by
individual students
ensures the level of
achievement against
the targeted outcome
through progressive
assessment and
evaluations
Admission criteria
meets / exceeds
minimum eligibility
prescribed by EAB
Annual intake is
reasonable considering
the capacity of the
program and its allied
facilities, and is in-line
with the maximum
intake allowed by EAB
for the program
Well

Use of indirect
assessment
method sis
limited

Y
OFI
Y
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Y
Y
Y

Criterion5:
Faculty
and
Support
Staff

Students participation
in national /
international
engineering exhibitions
and / or competitions,
and facilitations by
program for such
participants
Adequacy of the
number and variety of
assessment tools (both
direct and indirect)
employed for
evaluating student
performance
Process in place to
monitor individual
students academic
performance. And
suggest / take
corrective measures
Mechanism for the
training of newly
inducted/young faculty
members, and conduct
of workshops/seminars
as a refresher for the
existing program
faculty, on effective
teaching-learning
practices, OBE
concepts and

Use of indirect
assessment tools
is limited in its
utility, Use of
Rubrics is not
there

No formal
mechanism for
the training of
newly inducted
faculty members.
There is a need to
conduct regular
workshops for
faulty trainings

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methodologies, lecture
delivery, assessment
tools/strategies,
evaluation of
CLOs/PLOs attainments,
preparing and
maintaining course
files, etc.
Faculty pyramid
(adhering at minimum
to HEC guidelines) is
ensured by the institute
on the least, with the
program being headed
by a senior faculty
having PhD degree in
relevant discipline
coupled with required
experience

Criterion
9:
Industry
Linkages

Formal mechanism in
place for industry
participation in the
curriculum
development, or
existence of an Industry
Advisory Board
Formal Mechanism in
place for seeking
feedback from industry
for the attainment of
PEOs
Opportunities for
students to acquire

There is a gap in
the faculty
pyramid. There is
one associate
professor and all
the rest are either
assistant
professor or
lecturers. There is
a need to induct
some more
experienced
faculty members.
Some level of
informal industry
involvement is
there but need to
be enhanced and
more formal at
program level.
A mechanism in place to gather the
Feedback from alumni and employers.
The forms are designed and available on
SEECS website.

HoD SE
SEECS ILO

No evidence is
provided for the
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industrial experience
via internship and
existence of Industry
Liaison Office

feedback of the
internship.

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