The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad

Quality Enhancement Cell

Newsletter July 01, 2014-December 31, 2014

Activities:

1) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qayyum Khan, Director, Quality Enhancement

Cell (QEC) participated in the Seventh Meeting of Phase-IV QECs at the

Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad on Dec 30-31, 2014. He

represented the UAJK Muzaffarabad at the national forum of HEI’s and

shared the progress of UAJK with the officials of the Quality Assurance

Agency and QECs representatives from other national institutions of higher

education from the public and private sector. The participants of the meeting

were apprised with the measures being taken by the University Of Azad

Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad aimed at enhancing the academic and

administrative governance of the university by implementing and assuring

adherence to the guidelines and directives issued by the HEC. It is hoped

that with the new insights into Quality Assurance, the UAJK will gain

significant growth in the near future.

2) Mr. Naveed Sarwar, Deputy Director, QEC UAJK participated in an

International Resource Person (IRP) training workshop on TEFL (Teaching

of English as a Foreign Language) held at the Higher Education Commission

(HEC), Regional Centre Lahore from Dec 15-19,2014. The said training was

offered by the HEC to English Language Teachers (ELT) of HEI’s

participating from different parts of the country. It offered them to learn

effective modern techniques and activities aimed at improving the language

skills of learners at different levels in terms of listening, speaking, reading

and writing. On successful completion of the workshop, the participants

were awarded with certificates by the HEC.

3) Mr. Naveed Sarwar, Deputy Director, QEC UAJK attended annual

CATESOL CONFERENCE 2014 held at Santa Clara, California, USA on

Oct 24, 2014. The conference attracted a large number of researchers and

teachers of English in the USA to share their professional views and

research experiences. It also enabled participants to enhance their

professional knowledge of teaching English under diverse academic and

social environments.

4) Mr. Naveed Sarwar, Deputy Director, QEC UAJK participated in the

International Symposium on Linguistics & TESOL held at the SAN JOSE

STATE UNIVERSITY(SJSU), California, USA on Sep 26, 2014. The

symposium was arranged by the Department of Linguistics & Language

Development (LLD) to share research studies conducted in the field of

Linguistics and TESOL. Mr. Naveed made a presentation entitled, “Pahari

Language Exhibiting Patterns of Language Shift” and discussed social

patterns exhibited by Pahari, an indigenous major language of Azad Jammu

& Kashmir. The insightful study dealing with a major language of AJK was

greatly appreciated by other researchers, faculty, students and staff

participating in the symposium at SJSU.

5) Mr. Lal Hussain, Assistant Director QEC, UAJK as a resource person

presented some technical sessions on Internet Basics and Microsoft Office

tools as a part of HEC Indigenous on-Campus Training Program-Modern

University Governance program.

6) QEC organized a Five Day on-campus workshop on Managerial Skills

(Planning & Development, Monitoring & Evaluation, Noting and

Drafting) from December 20-24, 2014 for administrative clerical staff, and

teaching/ academic departments’ clerical staff of UAJK under HEC On-

Campus Training Program as a part of Modern University Governance

Program.

The resource persons included; Prof. Ikram Ur Rashid, Dr. Abdul Majid, Mr.

Muhammad Shamoon Hashmi, Prof. Dr. Raja Nasim Akhtar, Mr. Abdul

Ghafoor and Dr. Ali Abbas.

They conducted sessions on Ethics and Code of Conduct, MS Word,

Planning & Development, Noting and Drafting, Monitoring and Evaluation

and MS Excel.

7) QEC organized a Five Day on-campus workshop on ICT Training for

Clerical Staff of Administrative Departments from December 05-09,

2014 under HEC on- Campus Training Program as a part of Modern

University Governance Program.

The resource persons included; Prof. Ikram Ur Rashid, Mr. Raja Sharjeel

Saeed, Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Awan, Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem, Dr. Ali Abbas

and Dr. Saeed Arif Shah.

The participants were trained with sessions on Ethics and Code of Conduct,

Internet Basics and Email, Microsoft Word, Urdu Inpage, Microsoft Power

Point and Microsoft Excel.

8) QEC organized a Five Day on-campus workshop on ICT Training for

Clerical Staff of Teaching Departments from November 21st -25th, 2014

under HEC On- Campus Training Program as a part of Modern University

Governance Program.

The resource persons for the training included; Prof. Ikram Ur Rashid, Dr.

Abdul Majid, Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem, Dr. Rabia Riaz and Prof. Dr.

Wajid Aziz Loun. They conducted sessions on Ethics and code of conduct,

Internet Basics and Email, Microsoft Word, Urdu Inpage, Microsoft Power

Point and Microsoft Excel.

9) QEC Organized Five Day workshop on UMIS Tools under HEC on

Campus Training Program- Modern University Governance Program from

August 29th-September 2nd, 2014 at Chehla Campus for the Clerical Office

Staff of the Examinations Department, the Registrar Office, Accounts and

other departments.

The resource persons included; Mr. Imran Abbasi, Kh. Muhammad Arif, Mr.

Imran Shamoon, Mr. Mubashar Ahmed Lone and Mr. Wajid Arshad Abbasi.

Training sessions were offered on Administrator/security Management

System, HR Meeting Management System, Academic and Administration

Management System, Registration Admin and Institute Affiliation, Student

Registration, Accounts Management System, Fixed Assets Management

System and Transport Management System.

10) QEC organized a Five Day on-campus workshop on Financial

Management and Audit Skills from August 08-12, 2014 for Administrative

Staff, particularly the ones from the Audit and Accounts Section of UAJK

under HEC On- Campus Training Program as a part of Modern University

Governance Program.

The resource persons included; Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Dr. Wajid Aziz Loun,

Mr. Tahir Iqbal, Mr. Shamoon Hashmi. Training sessions were conducted

on Financial Management, Basic Computing Skills, Taxation and Audit,

Office Automation, Accounts and Budgeting, Planning and Development,

Procurement and Exploring Information on the Web.

In the Concluding Ceremony of the workshop, the participants were awarded

with Certificates of Participation by the Vice Chancellor UAJK, Prof. Dr.

Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed Gardezi. Among others, the ceremony was also

attended by the Director QEC, the Deans and the Registrar UAJK.

The Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Dilnawaz Ahmed Gardezi awarding one of the Workshop Participants.

Participants on the Certificates Distribution and Closing Ceremony of Workshop on Financial

Management and Audit Skills

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qayyum Khan, Director QEC awarding Certificate of Training to a Workshop’s

participant

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rustam Khan, Dean Faculty of Sciences & Engineering awarding Certificate of

Training to a Workshop participant

The Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Dilnawaz Ahmed Gardezi, Dean Faculty of Sciences Prof Dr. Muhammad

Rustam Khan, Director QEC Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qayyum Khan and Focal person Prof. Dr. Wajid Aziz

Loun During the closing Ceremony of Workshop on ICT Tools for Clerical Staff of Teaching

Departments of UAJ&K

A group Photo of the participants with Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem (Resource Person)

A group photo of the participants on the Closing ceremony of workshop on Monitoring & Evaluation,

Planning & Development, and Noting & Drafting

A group photo with Resource Person Mr. Muhammad Shamoon Hashmi during workshop on

Monitoring & Evaluation, Planning & Development, and Noting & Drafting

A group photo with Resource Person Dr. Raja Nasim Akhtar during workshop on Monitoring &

Evaluation, Planning & Development, and Noting & Drafting