Appendix I INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR COLLEGE &...

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Appendix I

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY TEACHERS (PRELIMINARY DRAFT)

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION : AN

EVALUATIVE STUDY

Respected Sir/Madam,

I am conducting research on an important aspect of higher

education “Quality Assurance in Higher Education : An Evaluative

Study”. The issues of quality assurance as spelt cut by NAAC include

curricular aspects (Compatibility of the programmes with goals and

objectives; initiations, review and redesign of programmes; feedback on

programmes and interaction with academic peers and employers;

programme options), teaching-learning and evaluation (Judging

students' knowledge and bridge/remedial courses; teaching-learning

process and use of new technology in teaching; co-curricular activities;

examination process and innovative evaluation methods; recruitment of

faculty and faculty development programme; evaluation of teaching,

research and work satisfaction of faculty and monitoring and rewarding

successful teaching innovation; access to national and/or international

linkages), research, consultancy and extension (Promotion and

sustenance of research culture and research output; freedom to publish

in academic forum and publication; benefits of consultancy to the

institution and society; benefits of consultancy to the institution and

society; faculty participation in extension programmes and the extension

activities conducted so far; resources to conduct extension activities and

service provided in the area of expertise), infrastructure and learning

resources (Physical facilities; maintenance; optimal use of infrastructure;

library; computer facilities; laboratories; health service and sports and

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physical education; hostels, canteen, guest house; others), student

support and progression (Progression to employment and further study,

pass and drop out rate and student achievement, alumni association, its

activities and alumni profile, financial aid to students, personnel and

academic counseling and placement services), governance and

leadership (Organization structure and functions and powers of

functionaries; human power requirement and recruitment of staff;

performance appraisal and new technologies in communication),

innovative practices (Complementary system life self-financing

courses, need-based courses; National/International linkages for

teaching and research; industry linkages; educational innovations such

as credit systems, examination reforms and modular curriculum; working

with specific mission and goals; awards won by the faculty; others). You

are requested to give your valuable opinion/view point on each issue

and if need be may suggest some thing more as well at the end of scale.

Needless to mention, your opinion/view point and suggestion will

be kept secret and will be used only for research purpose.

Thanking You.

Supervisor Investigator

Kulwinder Singh Daljit Kaur

Department of Education and Community Service Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name & Address: Department:

1.1 Age:

Upto 30 years 31 to 40 years 40 years

1.2 Gender:

Male Female

1.3 Marital Status:

Married Unmarried Widow

Divorced

1.4 Type of Family:

Nuclear Quasi-Joint Joint

1.5 Size of Family:

Upto 5 6 to 10 Above 10

1.6 Family Background:

Rural Urban

1.7 Religion:

Hindu Muslim Sikh

Christian

1.8 Type of School you Studied:

Government Public/Private

1.9 Type of Recruitment:

Permanent Temporary

1.10 Faculty:

Arts Science Commerce

1.11 Teaching Experience:

1.12 Whether residing at the place of Posting:

Yes No

1.13 Profession of Spouse:

1.14 Working Status of Spouse:

1.15 Whether living together:

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INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

Please tick (√) appropriate from the following :

Yes (if you agree)

No (if you don't agree)

Not Sure (NA/ND, Neither Agree/Nor Disagree)

Responses

Sr.

No.

Statements Yes No Not

Sure

1. The regular revision of syllabus is of utmost

value to the enhancement of quality of higher

education.

2. The syllabus prescribed by the university for

the course being taught by you is based on the

latest knowledge of the field.

3. The syllabus of the course is in accordance

with the emerging demands of the employment

market.

4. The present syllabus is equipping students

with sufficient range of transferable skills to

enable them to play effective role in the

employment sectors.

5. The syllabus of the course in the university is

at par with the syllabus of the course in other

universities of the region.

6. The syllabus of the course in the university is

better and more updated than the syllabus of

the course in other universities of the region.

7. The syllabus nowadays is being

revised/designed to improve the employability

of the students.


revised/designed to promote research and

develop analytical thinking among students.

9. The syllabus of the course is reviewed and

updated regularly in the university.

10. The designing of the syllabus is a rigorous

exercise taking substantial time and involving

debates and seminars.

11. Any revision/designing of syllabus is always

the result of serious and intensive discussion

among members of the Board of Studies.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

12. By giving more representation to external

experts in the Board of Studies of the

university departments the process of

curriculum development and revision could be

further improved.

13. By involving students and research scholars in

the process of designing the syllabus would

make this process more meaningful.

14. By consulting different stakeholders like

alumni, parents, industry, and social

organizations while developing the curriculum

would improve its quality.

15. Introduction of a mechanism of student

feedback after revision of the course content

would improve the quality of curriculum.

16. In curriculum formulation it is now desirable

to shift from a specialized approach to

multidisciplinary programme with modular

approach.

17. The move from the annual to the semester

system and from award of marks to award of

credits would contribute towards improving the

quality of education.

18. The placement of the students after completion

of the course in recent years has been

satisfactory.

19. There is a need to introduce a number of new

courses in order to enhance the scope for

employment for students keeping in view the

global demand.

20. Admission to all the courses in the university

are made on the basis of merit at the qualifying

examination or merit at the entrance test.

21. The University ensures equality in access

through transparency and adherence to rules

during admission process.

22. The university ensures the proper

implementation of the reservation policy of the

government for admissions at all levels in order

to ensure access to students from marginalised

sections of the society.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

23. Different incentives provided by the university

have been instrumental in ensuring

participation of socio-economically

disadvantageous sections of the society in

higher education.

24. The University has been successfully adopting

some specific strategies to meet the specific

needs of advanced learners.



needs of slow learners.

26. The systematic planning in the form of

academic calendar is done by the university

which contributes towards proper organization

and implementation of both teaching-learning

process.

27. The academic calendar pertaining to teaching-

learning and evaluation processes being

followed by the university is as per the needs of

the course as specified by the guidelines of the

regulatory bodies.

28. Most of the faculty working in university are

highly qualified and competent.

29. The appointment of faculty on

contractual/part-time basis has a detrimental

effect on the quality of teaching.

30. University teachers are effectively employing

such participatory activities as seminars,

assignments, projects and fields studies for

making the learning process more student-

centred.

31. You make concerted efforts to keep yourself

and your students abreast with the recent

developments in the subject.

32. The modern teaching aids like LCD projector,

OHP, CD-ROMs and computer systems in

classroom instruction are contributing towards

making teaching-learning process more

effective.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

33. The participation of the teachers in

workshops/seminars/conferences contributes

a lot towards their professional development.

34. The evaluation procedure adopted by the

university to evaluate teachers on their

teaching and research performance helps in

the improvement of teaching and research.

35. Introduction of evaluation of the teachers by

the students and their feedback has a potential

to contribute towards improvement in

teaching-learning process.

36. The mechanism being adopted for monitoring

academic progress of students by the

university is quite appropriate and effective.

37. The library facilities available in the university

are satisfactory in terms of regular book

addition and subscription of reputed journals.

38. Most of the faculty members of the university

use library regularly.

39. A considerable number of students of the

university use library regularly.

40. Significant research activity is going on in the

university.

41. Good quality of research is being undertaken

in different disciplines in general and

particularly in my discipline.

42. The university is providing excellent research

facilities in the form of laboratory facilities,

library facilities, softwares for statistical

analysis etc. for promoting research work in all

the departments.

43. Prestigious research journals are available in

the university library.

44. University promotes research activities among

teachers by organizing research development

programs and workshops.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

45. Significant achievements have been made by

the university faculty in terms of research

awards, patents, research projects and

publications of research papers and books.

46. The standard of research papers being published in the journals of my discipline these days is quite satisfactory.

47. The department/university is promoting

participation of students in research in

academic programme.

48. The collaboration of university with industry

and N.G.Os. would contribute in making

research more meaningful for society.

49. The collaboration of university with industry and N.G.Os. for funding of research projects is

a desirable phenomenon.

50. The departments of the university have

national and international collaborations in the

field of research expertise, exchange and use of

infrastructure and other facilities.

51. Considerable amount of funds are regularly

generated by the department/university

through consultancy services.

52. The university teachers regularly provide

guidance to the students.

53. The university is making significant

contribution to community development

programmes through extension activities.

54. The University is carrying out effective

community oriented awareness programmes

and rural empowerment activities.

55. The university promotes the particpation of

faculty and students in extension activities

through such programmes as NSS, NCC etc.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

56. The research and extension activities of the

university have an orientation to ensure and

promote social justice and empowerment of the

disadvantageous sections of the society.

57. The physical infrastructural facilities

constitute one of the most important

components to ensure quality of education.

58. The university has excellent physical

infrastructural facilities for different curricular

and co-curricular activities.

59. The university has excellent physical

infrastructural facilities for different sports activities.

60. In the last five years the infrastructural

facilities in the university have been

significantly augmented.

61. Adequate staff has been appointed by the

University for the Maintenance of

infrastructural facilities.

62. Adequate budget allocation is made by the

university for the maintenance of buildings,

furniture, equipments etc.

63. The availability of computer facility to the

teachers and students in the university improves the quality of teaching and learning

to a greater extent.

64. The availability of online and internet services in the library and INFLIBNET/ DELNET/IUC

facilities in the university is beneficial to a greater extent for the faculty and the students.

65. The university is providing good hostel facility to the students.

66. The university has made available well-

equipped health centre facility for all in the campus.

67. The students from diverse socio-economic

background as the clientele of an institution

constitute one of the most important

components of quality in higher education.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

68. The university has an equitable representation

of female students.


of students belonging to Scheduled Castes.


of OBC/BC students.

71. The university has evolved an effective

mechanism of providing financial aid

(scholarships/ freeships) to deserving

students.

72. Effective support services are in place in the

university for differently-abled students.

73. The dropout rate for the different years after

admission in the university has been

negligible.

74. Most of the students of the university strive to

progress to further studies.

75. The placement record of the students passing

out from the university in recent years has

been very impressive.

76. The performance of the students passing out

from the university in Competitive

Examinations (UGC-CSIR-NET, SLET, IAS,

GATE/CAT/GRE/TOFEL/GMAT/Central/State

services) in recent years has been quite

impressive.

77. The university is effectively providing

placement and counseling services to students.

78. The university makes necessary effort to

ensure the participation of students in extra

curricular activities.

79. The university makes necessary efforts to

ensure the participation of students in sports

activities.

80. The university has introduced a number of

welfare schemes for students and ensures their

proper implementation.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

81. The university has put into place an effective

girl students’ grievance redressal mechanism.

82. The alumni association of the university is

providing financial aid to students along with

inputs for upgrading teaching and learning

programs to suit new employment needs.

83. Different measures with reference to student

support and progression constitute one of the

most important components for enhancing the

quality of education.

84. A formal and effective quality assurance system is essential for development of higher

education.

85. There is a need to bring some fundamental

changes in the leadership system established

in the university keeping in view the emerging

scenario in economy and higher education.

86. The university has a perspective plan for

institutional development.

87. The university has outlined specific goals

reflecting quality.

88. The university is taking measures to translate

quality to its various administrative and

academic units.

89. The faculty is involved in decision-making

regarding the functioning of the university.


mechanism for supervision of the functioning

of the affiliated colleges.

91. The functioning of affiliated colleges is

regularly inspected by the university.

92. The university is regularly conducting an

academic audit of its affiliated colleges.

93. The university has been successful to a

considerable extent in effective quality control

in the affiliated colleges.

94. The university has in place an effective

mechanism to appraise the performance of the

teaching staff.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

95. The criteria developed by the UGC to appraise

the performance of teachers are quite

appropriate and effective for ensuring quality of

teachers.



non-teaching staff.

97. The university regularly conducts staff

development programmes for the teaching and

non-teaching staff.

98. The budget of the university is adequate with

reference to its needs of infrastructural

facilities and learning resources.

99. The government is providing adequate funds to the university for its smooth functioning.

100. The university is making concerted efforts for

resource mobilization from non-governmental sector.

101. The fee being charged from the students

constitutes significant proportion of the total

cost of education in the university.

102. The resource mobilization by the faculty by

means of projects, collaborations and

sponsorships is an important component of

quality in higher education.

103. The faculty of the university has been

successful in mobilising considerable financial

resources by means of projects, collaborations

and sponsorships.

104. The university is updating the approach to

quality of education in view of the current and

future educational needs and challenges.

105. The university has an internal quality

assurance mechanism and is effective to a

considerable extent in ensuring quality of

education.

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Sr.

No.


Sure

106. Attempts are being regularly made by Internal

Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the university to institutionalize the best practices and to develop academic bench marks.

107. Serious efforts are made by the university/department to create an overall

climate conducive to learning.

108. Special efforts are being made by the university

to ensure equitable participation of students from the socio-economically weaker sections of

the society.

109. Special efforts are being made by the university

to achieve gender equity in admissions to the university.

110. The university has evolved practices to involve its different stakeholders in planning, implementation and evaluation of the academic

programmes.

111. Serious efforts are being made by the

university for ensuring the cooperation from the stakeholders in various curricular, co-curricular and research activities to ensure

overall development of the students.


complaint management mechanism for better stakeholder-relationship.

113. Concerted efforts are made by the university to give community-orientation.

114. The university regularly organizes such activities which promote a sense of social

responsibility and good citizenship among the students.

115. The university regularly organizes some activities to address the problems and needs of the neighborhood community.

116. The extension activities being undertaken by the university make it quite relevant institution

in the neighborhood.

Kindly comment or suggest to enhance quality in higher education. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

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Appendix II

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY TEACHERS (FINAL DRAFT)


EVALUATIVE STUDY




Study”. The issues of quality assurance as spelt cut by NAAC include

curricular aspects (Compatibility of the programmes with goals and

objectives; initiations, review and redesign of programmes; feedback on

programmes and interaction with academic peers and employers;

programme options), teaching-learning and evaluation (Judging

students' knowledge and bridge/remedial courses; teaching-learning

process and use of new technology in teaching; co-curricular activities;

examination process and innovative evaluation methods; recruitment of

faculty and faculty development programme; evaluation of teaching,

research and work satisfaction of faculty and monitoring and rewarding

successful teaching innovation; access to national and/or international

linkages), research, consultancy and extension (Promotion and

sustenance of research culture and research output; freedom to publish

in academic forum and publication; benefits of consultancy to the

institution and society; benefits of consultancy to the institution and

society; faculty participation in extension programmes and the extension

activities conducted so far; resources to conduct extension activities and

service provided in the area of expertise), infrastructure and learning

resources (Physical facilities; maintenance; optimal use of infrastructure;

library; computer facilities; laboratories; health service and sports and

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physical education; hostels, canteen, guest house; others), student

support and progression (Progression to employment and further study,

pass and drop out rate and student achievement, alumni association, its

activities and alumni profile, financial aid to students, personnel and

academic counseling and placement services), governance and

leadership (Organization structure and functions and powers of

functionaries; human power requirement and recruitment of staff;

performance appraisal and new technologies in communication),

innovative practices (Complementary system life self-financing

courses, need-based courses; National/International linkages for

teaching and research; industry linkages; educational innovations such

as credit systems, examination reforms and modular curriculum; working

with specific mission and goals; awards won by the faculty; others). You

are requested to give your valuable opinion/view point on each issue

and if need be may suggest some thing more as well at the end of scale.



Thanking You.




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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name & Address: Department:

1.1 Age:

Upto 30 years 31 to 40 years 40 years

1.2 Gender:

Male Female

1.3 Marital Status:

Married Unmarried Widow

Divorced

1.4 Type of Family:

Nuclear Quasi-Joint Joint

1.5 Size of Family:

Upto 5 6 to 10 Above 10

1.6 Family Background:

Rural Urban

1.7 Religion:

Hindu Muslim Sikh

Christian

1.8 Type of School you Studied:

Government Public/Private

1.9 Type of Recruitment:

Permanent Temporary

1.10 Faculty:

Arts Science Commerce

1.11 Teaching Experience:

1.12 Whether residing at the place of Posting:

Yes No

1.13 Profession of Spouse:

1.14 Working Status of Spouse:

1.15 Whether living together:

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Please tick (√) appropriate from the following:

Yes (if you agree)

No (if you don't agree)

NR: No Response (If you do not wish to respond)

Sr.

No.

Statement Yes No NR

1. The syllabus of different courses is reviewed

and updated regularly in the university in

order to incorporate latest knowledge.

2. The present syllabi of different courses are

equipping students with sufficient knowledge

and skills in accordance with the emerging

demands of the employment market.


revised/designed to promote research and

develop analytical thinking among students.

4. Any revision/designing of syllabus is always a

rigorous exercise taking substantial time and

involving serious and intensive discussion

among members of the Board of Studies.

5. By consulting different stakeholders like

alumni, parents, industry and social

organizations while developing the curriculum

would improve its quality.

6. Introduction of a mechanism of student

feedback after revision of the course content

would improve the quality of curriculum.

7. The move from the annual to the semester

system and from award of marks to award of

credits would contribute towards improving

the quality of education.

8. Admission to all the courses in the university

is made on the basis of merit at the qualifying

examination or merit at the entrance test.

9. The University ensures equality in access

through transparency and adherence to rules

during admission process.

10. The university ensures the proper

implementation of the reservation policy of the

government for admissions at all levels in

order to ensure access to students from

marginalised sections of the society.

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Sr.

No.

Statement Yes No NR

11. The systematic planning in the form of

academic calendar is done by the university

which contributes towards proper organization

and implementation of teaching, learning and

evaluation processes.

12. University teachers are effectively employing

such participatory activities as seminars,

assignments, projects and fields studies for

making the learning process more student-

centred.

13. Generally, the teachers make concerted efforts

to keep themselves and their students abreast

with the recent developments in their subjects.

14. The modern teaching aids like LCD projector,

OHP, CD-ROMs and computer systems in

classroom instruction are contributing

towards making teaching-learning process

more effective.

15. The mechanism being adopted for monitoring

academic progress of students by the

university is quite appropriate and effective.

16. In the university, different departments are

undertaking significant and good quality of

research.

17. The university is providing excellent research

facilities in the form of laboratory facilities,

library facilities, softwares for statistical

analysis etc. for promoting research work in all

the departments.

18. University promotes research activities among

teachers and students by organizing research

development programmmes and workshops.

19. Significant achievements have been made by

the university faculty in terms of research

awards, patents, research projects and

publications of research papers and books.

20. The departments of the university have

national and international collaborations in

the field of research expertise, exchange and

use of infrastructure and other facilities.

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Sr.

No.

Statement Yes No NR

21. The collaboration of university with industry

and N.G.Os. would contribute in making

research more meaningful for society.

22. The university is making significant

contribution to community development

programmes through extension activities.

23. The university promotes the particpation of

faculty and students in extension activities

through such programmes as NSS, NCC etc.

24. The research and extension activities of the

university have an orientation to ensure and

promote social justice and empowerment of

the disadvantageous sections of the society.

25. The university has excellent infrastructural

facilities for different curricular and co-

curricular activities.

26. The university has excellent infrastructural

facilities for different sports activities.

27. The infrastructural facilities in the university

are properly maintained and are augmented

from time to time.

28. Adequate budget allocation is made by the

university for the maintenance of buildings,

furniture, equipments etc.

29. The library facilities available in the university

are satisfactory in terms of regular book

addition and subscription of reputed journals.

30. The availability of online and internet services

in the library and INFLIBNET/ DELNET/IUC

facilities in the university is beneficial to a

greater extent for the faculty and the students.

31. The university is providing good hostel facility

to the students.

32. The university has made available well-

equipped health centre facility for all in the

campus.

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Sr.

No.

Statement Yes No NR


mechanism of providing financial aid

(scholarships/ freeships) in order to ensure

equitable participation of students from the

socio-economically weaker sections of the

society.



needs of advanced learners as well as of slow

learners.

35. Effective support services are in place in the

university for differently-abled students.

36. The dropout rate for the different years after

admission in the university has been

negligible.

37. The placement record of the students passing

out from the university in recent years has

been very impressive.

38. The performance of the students passing out

from the university in Competitive

Examinations (UGC-CSIR-NET, SLET, IAS,

GATE/CAT/GRE/TOFEL/GMAT/Central/Stat

e services) in recent years has been quite

impressive.

39. The university is effectively providing

placement and counseling services to

students.

40. The university has put into place an effective

students’ grievance redressal mechanism.

41. The university has outlined specific goals

reflecting quality in its prospective plan for

institutional development.

42. The faculty is involved in decision-making

regarding the functioning of the university.

43. The university has been successful to a

considerable extent in effective quality control

in the affiliated colleges.



teaching staff.

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Sr.

No.

Statement Yes No NR



non-teaching staff.

46. The university regularly conducts staff

development programmes for the teaching and

non-teaching staff.

47. The university has adequate funds at its

disposal for its smooth functioning.

48. The university is making concerted efforts for resource mobilization from non-governmental sector.

49. The fee being charged from the students

constitutes significant proportion of the total

cost of education in the university.

50. The faculty of the university has been

successful in mobilising considerable financial resources by means of projects, collaborations

and sponsorships.

51. The university has an internal quality

assurance mechanism and is effective to a

considerable extent in ensuring quality of

education.

52. Attempts are being regularly made by Internal

Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the university to institutionalize the best practices and to develop academic bench marks.

53. The university has evolved practices to involve its different stakeholders in planning,

implementation and evaluation of the academic programmes.

54. The university has evolved an effective complaint management mechanism for better stakeholder-relationship.

55. The university regularly organizes such activities which promote a sense of social

responsibility and good citizenship among the students.

Kindly comment or suggest to enhance quality in higher education. ______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

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Appendix III

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (PRELIMINARY DRAFT)


EVALUATIVE STUDY




Study”. The issues of quality assurance as spelt out by NAAC include

curricular aspects, teaching-learning and evaluation, research,

consultancy and extension, infrastructure and learning resources,

student support and progression, governance and leadership,

innovative practices etc. You are requested to give your valuable

opinion/view point on each issue and if need be may suggest some

thing more as well.



Thanking You.




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INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

1. Name of the departments:

2. Course name:

3. Class:

4. Gender: a) Male __________ b) Female _________

5. Stream:

Please tick (√) appropriate from the following :

Responses

S.No Statements Yes No Not

sure

1. Need of Entrance Examination in admission

criteria

2. Satisfaction with admission criterion

3. Admission of the student is done on merit

4. Admission should be on the basis of Entrance test

only

5. Entrance examination should be combination of

both descriptive and objective type questions

6. Knowledge of the content before

counseling/workshop

7. Majority of the students get distinction in their

academics

8. Curriculum is according to present day needs

9. Satisfaction with curriculum

10. Provision of Project/Field work in Curriculum

11. Revision of the syllabus should be a regular

exercise

12. Curriculum are revised according to global

emerging needs.

13. Place of co-curricular activates in curriculum

14. Place of physical education in curriculum

15. Need of change/improvement in curriculum

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sure

16. Religious ethics are maintained in curricula

17. Teachers demonstrate the activities in the

classroom

18. Teachers use Audio Visual aids in the lecture

Method

19. Teachers in the classroom support Microteaching

20. Teachers encourage active participation of the

student

21. Satisfaction with the use of ICTs in teaching

learning

22. Teachers are regular and punctual

23. subject competency of teachers is good

24. Teachers take interest in character building of

students

25. Class room work is distributed according to their

abilities

26. Classrooms in our department are well equipped

27. Number of classrooms in our department is

sufficient

28. Satisfaction with the library facilities in the

department/University

29. Department library has internet facilities

30. Department/University Library has sufficient

number of books

31. Need of regular addition of books to the library

32. Discipline of students is maintained at campus

33. Laboratory facilities are available according to the

needs

34. Satisfied with the physical infrastructural facilities

in university

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sure

35. Good physical infrastructural facilities for different

sports activities

36. Playgrounds facilities are available according to

the needs

37. Regular repair and maintenance

38. Amount of money provided for continuous up

gradation of library facilities is sufficient

39. Library facilities are being used by large number of

students

40. Availability of online and internet services in the

departmental/University library

41. Computer facility to the teachers and students in

your department will improve the quality of

teaching and learning

42. Good quality of hostel facilities are available in the

university

43. Separate rooms for research scholars are available

44. T.V. room, Guest room, Study room facilities are

available according to the needs

45. Cafeteria facilities are available according to the

needs

46. Provision of use of library in night time

47. Research scholars are encourage with incentives

by universities

48. Budget allocation by the university for

maintenance of buildings, furniture, equipments

etc is sufficient

49. Availability of INFLIBNET/DELNET/IUC facilities

is beneficial for the students of university.

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sure

50. Regular feedback mechanism

51. Internal test are conducted for continuous

assessment regularly.

52. Provision of yearly examination

53. Provision of semester system of examination

54. Examination should be descriptive type

55. Examination should be based on objective type

questions

56. Examination should be combination of both

descriptive and objective type questions.

57. Satisfaction with present evaluation system.

58. Facility of remedial teaching for weak and

backward students

59. Satisfaction with remedial teaching

60. Satisfaction with the placement service in the

dept.

61. Placement of students in the employment market

is sufficient

62. Deparment/University Publish its updated

prospectus for disseminating relevant information

to students

63. Your department/university offers placement and

counselling services to students

64. Strength of female students in your

department/University more than male students

65. Student support and progression is one of the

most important component for enhancing the

quality inputs in education

66. Department/University ensures the participation

of students in extra curricular activities

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sure

67. Department/University ensures the participation

of students in sports

68. Satisfaction with medical facilities for students in

campus

69. Univesity has proper transport facilities for

sutdents

70. Playgrounds, cafeteria according to needs of the

students

71. Adequate security arrangements

72. Support services are available for differently-abled

student (with single Disability and multiple

Disability

73. Department/university have an alumni

association

74. Alumni contributing to the development of your

department/University by providing funds for

improving infrastructural facilities


department/university through financial aid to

students


department/university through technical inputs

77. SC,OBC,BC student in increasing in your

department/University

78. The mechanism of providing financial aid

(Scholarships/free ships) to students adopted by

university is effective

79. Availability of placement cell

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sure

80. Community programme (e.g. awareness) for

University side.

81. Students from diverse socio economic background

forming the clientele as a component of quality of

higher education

82. Department/University has introduced welfare

schemes for students

83. Satisfied with the research facilities available to

the students in the department/ University

84. Satisfied with the availability of research journals

in your department/university library.

85. Satisfied with the efforts being made by your

department/university to promote Research

activity

86. Your department/university is promoting

participation of students in resarch in academic

programme.

87. Infrastructural facilities for research are available

88. Adequate time provision are there for research

work

89. Provision of separate rooms for research scholars

90. Provision of single girl child scholarship are there

91. Provision of financial assistance for research work

92. Funds for educational tour


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Appendix IV

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (FINAL DRAFT)


EVALUATIVE STUDY




Study”. The issues of quality assurance as spelt out by NAAC include

curricular aspects, teaching-learning and evaluation, research,

consultancy and extension, infrastructure and learning resources,

student support and progression, governance and leadership,

innovative practices etc. You are requested to give your valuable

opinion/view point on each issue and if need be may suggest some

thing more as well.



Thanking You.




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Personal Details

1. Name of course/department:

2. Class:

3. Gender:

There are a number of issues that concern students' admission and

teaching-learning process along with evaluation. Please state your

opinion on each of following statements/issues by putting a tick

mark (√ ) in the check box with three options__ Yes (if you agree),

No (if you do not agree) and Not Sure (if you are uncertain to

agree/disagree).

S.No. Statements Yes No Not Sure

1. There is need of entrance examination

2. Entrance examination should be by

external subject experts.

3. Entrance examination should be objective

type

4. Entrance examination should be

combination of objective and subjective

type questions

5. There is provision of entrance examination

in university.

6. I am satisfied with curriculum/course

work

7. Curriculum is too theoretical

8. There is provision of project work in

curriculum

9. There is place of co-curricular activities in

curriculum

10. There is place of Physical education in

curriculum

11. Laboratory work in curriculum is elaborate

12. There is need of laboratory field work in

curriculum

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13. There is need of computer application in

the course

14. There is need of change/improvement in

curriculum

15. I am satisfied with availability of library

and reading room facilities

16. I am satisfied with availability of books and

journals in library

17. There is need of improvement/reform in

library services

18. I am satisfied with hostel facility

19. I am satisfied with availability of sports

facilities

20. I am satisfied with laboratory facility

21. I am satisfied with computer and internet

facilities

22. I am satisfied with medical facility

23. There should be provision of semester

system of examination

24. Examinations should be based on both

descriptive and objective type questions

25. I am satisfied with existing evaluation

system.

26. There is availability of placement cell for all

graduates/post graduates.

27. I am satisfied with functioning of

placement cell.

28. I am aware of availability of Internal

Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in Campus.

29. Co-curricular activities are promoted for

inculcating pro-social behaviour among

students.

30. I am aware of facility of remedial teaching

for academically weak and backward

students

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31. I am satisfied with remedial teaching

facilities

32. Research facilities are encouraging in

University

33. There is provision of separate room for

scholars in hostel for research work

34. The research scholars are usually satisfied

with their research supervisors and faculty

35. Community programmes (e.g.

awareness/campaigns on social issues) by

University faculty are a regular feature in

the campus

36. The university has liaison and

collaboration with national and

international institutions for different

courses and research work

37. There is good sharing among fellow

scholars

38. I am satisfied with methods used in class

room teaching in campus

39. There is class room interaction by teachers

in most of the classes

40. I am satisfied with subject competency of

teachers

41. I am satisfied with timely completion of

courses in each semester

42. There is regularity and punctuality of

teachers during academic session

43. There is use of audio visual aids in

teaching-learning process

44. I am satisfied with use of ICTs in teaching-

learning process


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Appendix V

Sr.

No.

List of Sampled Higher Education Institutions

A Universities

1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

2. Panjab University, Chandigarh

3. Punjabi University, Patiala

B Colleges

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

1. D.A.V. College Amritsar

2. Govt. College Ajnala, Amritsar

3. Govt. College Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran

4. Govt. College Gurdaspur

5. D.A.V. College Jalandhar

6. Layalpur Khalsa College Jalandhar

Panjab University, Chandigarh

7. Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur City

8. D.M. College, Moga

9. Govt. College, Muktsar

10. Malwa College, Bondli – Samrala, Ludhiana

11. SUS Govt. College, Village Mohar Ke Hithar, Guru har Sahai,

Distt Ferozepur

12. DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur

13. DAV College, Abohar

Punjabi University, Paiala

14. Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala

15. Govt. Ripudaman College, Nabha, Patiala

16. Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib

17. Desh Bhagat College, Bardwal Dhuri, Sangrur

18. Govt. College, Malerkotla, Sangrur

19. Govt. Ranbir College, Sangrur

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20. S.U.S. Govt. College, Sunam, Sangrur

21. S.D. College, Barnala

22. D.A.V. College, Bathinda

23. Guru Nanak College, Budhladha, Mansa

24. Govt. Barjindra College, Faridkot

25. Govt. College, Rupnagar, Ropar

26. Shri. Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Anandpur Sahib,

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