‘Iqra varsity in topmost category’

Karachi: The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in a recent categorisation placed Iqra University (IU) Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) in the topmost “W” category with a score of 97 percent.

“W” is the topmost category in the QEC rating criteria with a score falling in the range of 85 percent to 100 percent, while the other categories are “X” with a score between 68 percent and 84 percent, “Y” between 51 percent and 67  percent and “Z” with a score of up to 50 percent.

This self-assessment methodology whereby universities are required to conduct periodic self-assessment of their academic programmes in order to improve and ensure high academic standards is an important tool for academic quality assurance and it should be adopted by all high education institution in Pakistan.