POST SELF-ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN (PSAIP) 2019-2022
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
Submitted by
Self-Assessment (SA) Committee Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University
[ Submitted to
Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Jahangirnagar University Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh Ministry of Education (MoE), GOB
September, 2018
POST SELF-ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN (PSAIP) 2019-2022
Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
Prepared by the Self-Assessment Committee:
Professor Dr. Mohammad Nayeem Aziz Ansari Head Self- Assessment Committee Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected]
Professor Dr. Md. Nurul Islam Member Self- Assessment Committee Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected]
Dr. Md. Nazurl Islam Member Self- Assessment Committee Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected]
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Acknowledgement
We wish to express our deep sense of gratitude to Professor Dr. Ajit Kumar Majumdar, Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Jahanginragar University (JU), for his valuable guidance, close supervision and constructive suggestions to carry out this Post Self-Assessment Improvement Plan (PSAIP) of the Department of Geography and Environment. We also owe a debt of gratitude to Professor Dr. Md. Shahedur Rashid, Member of IQAC, JU for his kind cooperation at every stage of the self- assessment and preparing PSIAP. We would also like to thank Professor Dr. Md. Manzurul Hasan, Chairman, Department of Geography and Environment to extent his cordial suggestions and supports. Our special thanks to all the faculty members and non-academic staffs of the Department of Geography and Environment, JU for extending their co-operation. Their valuable feedback, moral supports and encouragements have enabled us to end up this PSAIP.
Thanks once again to all.
Professor Dr. Mohammad Nayeem Aziz Ansari - Head of SA Committee Professor Dr. Md. Nurul Islam - Member of SA Committee Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam - Member of SA committee
Department of Geography and Environment Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342 Bangladesh
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Table of Contents
Page No. Acknowledgements 3 Table of Contents 4
Background of post self-assessment improvement plan (PSAIP) 5 PSAIP Targets and Interventions 2019-2020 7 Governance 7 Curriculum Content Design & Review 9 Student Admission, Progress and Achievements 11 Physical Facilities 13 Teaching - Learning and Assessment 17 Student Support Services 19 Staff and Facilities 20 Research and Extension 21 Process Management & Continuous Improvement 23 Potential Limitations and Roadblocks in achieving targets 25 Strategic Action Plan 27 Financial implications by QA areas (if any) 45 Year Wise budget summary 46 Key Movers/Players (Person in Charge) 47
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BACKGROUND OF POST SELF-ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN (PSAIP) ______
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in university and its different Departments require ongoing and targeted measures to realize the planned improvement. These are strategies that provide great ways to overcome the weaknesses of the programs using strengths and opportunities identified through a comprehensive self-assessment and peer review process. The process of improvement begins with the developing a required improvement plan. This plan addresses all issues identified for programs improvement to enhance students learning.
The PSAIP concept is new in Bangladesh and it was never done in Jahangirnagar University (JU). A PSAIP for a department embody a need-based well-structured design that is comprehensive, highly structured, specific, and focused; recognizes the views of the stakeholders and recommendations found through EPR (External Peer Review) on all assessment areas of Self-assessment (SA); fixes specific achievable targets in specific timelines; identifies strategic interventions in respect to each target and estimate a budget and identify how this is to be achieved.
The general objective of a PSAIP for an academic department is to establish quality academic culture in the entity for the attainment of intended skills, knowledge and attitude so that they can meet the needs of the employers, society at large and even the needs of the global community leading to the socio- economic development of Bangladesh. The specific objectives of a PSAIP are:
i. To establish good governance ensuring for such a learning environment in the entity so that the graduates can attain the intended learning outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude and be fit to meet the society;
ii. To modernize and update the curricula according to the needs of the society;
iii. To ensure entry of good quality learners with commitment so that graduates can achieve desired standards;
iv. To improve physical facilities to create better learning condition for the achievement of learning outcomes;
v. To ensure effective teaching-learning for quality education (for attaining intended learning outcomes);
vi. To establish fair, effective procedures to assess achievement of course learning outcomes by the students;
vii. To improve student support services such a level so that students’ personal and academic needs can be met;
viii. To make an effective team of teaching and non-teaching staffs for quality education;
ix. To develop capacity, formulate policy and undertake program for innovative research;
x. To maintain and enhance internal quality assurance (IQA) practices.
PSAIP is a great way to overcome the weaknesses of the programs offered by the entity using strengths and opportunities identified through comprehensive self-assessment and peer review process. It address all issues identified for program improvement to enhance students’ learning, living and supports experiences at the university. Moreover, It consists of targets/goals, objectives and proposed policy interventions to achieve the targets and objectives. It is a policy document and provides inputs during preparation of annual budget of the university.
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The Department of Geography and Environment (DGE), formerly the Department of Geography, is one of the four early academic departments at Jahangirnagar University under the faculty of Social Sciences. The Department started its activities with a handful number of faculties and undergraduate students immediately after the independence of Bangladesh. Since then, the Department grew gradually and established itself at the forefront of higher learning institutions in the country. The department is now fortunate to enjoy a superb research and exceptional teaching environment, with well-equipped classrooms, laboratory and IT facilities in a supportive and collegial atmosphere. At its core, it strength is drawn from all the people - staff and students - who together create and sustain the vibrant scholarly community that makes Jahangirnagar Geography and Environment.
The department ambition is to provide an outstanding education experience for each and every one of its undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is already known for its agenda-setting research across the range of its specialism, having the practical goal of improving geography and environmental education in the country. Departing from the traditional geography, specialism of the department spans from micro level geography to macro geographical and environmental fields and the emergent sciences of Geographical Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Environmental Modeling (EM). The Department ensures an excellent teaching learning and research atmosphere that enables its students to achieve a strong foundation, expertise and research skills in different field of Geography and Environment, so that they can be fit and well suited for a variety of services. Through a successful completion of B.Sc. (Hons.) and MS programs the graduates achieve basic knowledge, trained up with modern methods, develop their writing, analytical, communication and team working skills, get ready for higher studies and research. Additionally they obtain the practical idea from real life situation. Through conducting M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs, the Department releases specialized resource persons capable in conducting independent research in their fields and serving in different research institution and organizations at home and abroad. The department has produced a number of M.Phil. and Ph.Ds, which is highest among other geography schools in the country. At present the department is also offering professional postgraduate program in GIS where students enrolled from different professional organizations ranging from national to international.
The department has successfully carried out a number of research works on issues of national interests in collaboration with different international agencies and universities, i.e. The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, USA, University of Manitoba, Canada, IDRC, Canada, University of Durham, UK, University of Hull, UK, the British Council, the Overseas Development Agency (ODA), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal, Salzburg University, Austria etc. The Department established a well-equipped modern GIS Lab, cartographic lab, a seminar library with good number of geographical books, journals and periodicals, a modern physical geography laboratory for soil and geo-chemical analyses. The Department is also maintaining a Meteorological station located in the university campus which is contributing in micro Climatic Research.
As the Department of Geography and Environment is one of the pioneer departments of this University, realizing the needs, importance and scopes, in 2018 a PSAIP of the Department has been prepared for the duration of 2019-2022. The PSAIP has prepared by following the instruction of IQAC of JU and based on the views of the stakeholders participated in the Self-Assessment (SA) of the Department, recommendations of the EPR report and the discussions with the academic members of the department. This plan is for next four years with the mission, goal and objectives of the department and is aligned to the vision, mission, goal and objectives of the JU. This PSAIP, therefore, will help the department to make the program updated, improved and need based in order to reach its desired improvement and to make the department to be a center of excellence in higher education and research in Geography and Environment in Bangladesh and beyond.
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PSAIP Targets and Interventions
2019-2022
QA Area 01: GOVERNANCE
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR):
1. Introducing Vision, Mission and Objectives of the DGE aligned with the University 2. Adopting strategic plans 3. Updating Academic Calendar and make available for the university, faculty members and student and ensuring strict adherence to academic calendar and class routine 4. Updating brochure/handbook of the Department containing vision, mission, objectives, academic calendar, rules, regulation and program related information in detail 5. Updating the website of the department and making it more informative and user friendly 6. Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 7. Establishment of strong documentation process both manual and electronic, database of all academic, research and administrative documents and information ensuring regular updating
TARGET 1: Introducing Vision, Mission and Objectives of the DGE aligned with the University
Current Situation Proposed Interventions No clearly defined vision, mission 1.1 Discussing in departmental academic committee meeting to and objectives finalize the vision, mission and objectives in accordance with the Faculty of Social Sciences and JU’s vision, mission and objectives 1.2 Processing for administrative approval
TARGET 2: Adopting the Strategic Improvement plan Current Situation Proposed Interventions The department has a 2.1 Discussion meetings with academics to formulate planning development committee but there committee to finalize the strategic improvement plan for the DGE is no specific planning committee and processing for its administrative approval 2.2 Finalizing administrative approval and decision for sanctioning the necessary funds for the implementation of the adopted improvement plan
TARGET 3: Updating Academic Calendar and make available for the university, faculty members and student and ensuring strict adherence to academic calendar and class routine
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 3.1 Developing more realistic academic calendar 3.2 Circulate the academic calendar, class routine to academics, Academic calendar and class students and university administrations (i.e. Exam office) routine exist but not followed 3.3 Discussion with academic members on regular interval to make strictly faculty members accountable to follow the academic calendar and class routine even under any political disturbance if occurred
TARGET 4: Updating brochure/handbook of the Department containing vision, mission, objectives, academic calendar, rules, regulation and program related information in detail
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Formation of a committee to develop a standard brochure/ Brochure/handbook is exist but handbook containing vision, mission objectives, academic calendar, need to update for a regular basis rules, regulation and program related information in detail 4.2 Distribution of brochure/handbook to all students and stakeholders
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TARGET 5: Updating the website of the department and making it more informative and user friendly
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 5.1 Collaborative discussion with JU internet management Website exists but incomplete and committee less –informative 5.2 Making the departmental website as complete, standard and much informative Website is not regularly updated 5.3 Arrange formal training on website management 5.4 Ensuring regular updating each part of the website
TARGET 6: Establishment of strong documentation process both manual and electronic, database of all academic, research and administrative documents and information ensuring regular updating
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Arranging discussion meeting for formulating standard academic and other data maintenance policy Documentation process is weak, 6.2 Creating standard both manual and digital database of all manual and poorly maintained academic, research and administrative documents and information ensuring regular updating in achieving the program objectives 6.3 Ensure monitoring by the specific committee or chairman
TARGET 7: Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 7.1 Discussion meetings with academics to develop KPIs and finalize No KPIs exist 7.2 Every effort should be given to achieve KPIs and update in specific interval/period
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QA Area 02: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND REVIEW
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Review of the existing ordinance of the faculty and university for preparing detailed curriculum 2. Developing Curriculum and arranging periodic review of the program, curriculum and course contents 3. Initiating necessary steps to realign the content based syllabus to an outcome based curriculum and increase of the capacity and development of soft skills of the students 4. Adding teaching strategies in the curriculum clearly and in detail 5. Formulation and approval of effective rules and regulations for supervisions of thesis/report 6. Develop internship program in the curriculum
TARGET 1: Review of the existing ordinance of the faculty and university for preparing comprehensive curriculum
Current Situation Proposed Interventions
There are bottlenecks in the 1.1 Continual efforts will be taken for undertaking decision in existing ordinance of the faculty, board of advanced studies and academic council meetings faculty/university to extend the to complete the necessary changes in the existing ordinance of the scope of construction and use of faculty and university in order to make it mandatory to construct and detailed curriculum in all use of a comprehensive curriculum in all department and for the departments of the university administrative approval of the revised ordinance
TARGET 2: Developing Curriculum and Arrange periodic review of the program, curriculum and courses Current Situation Proposed Interventions 2.1 Formation of a committee involving the highly experienced academics from the department, other geography and related disciplines of the country for revision of academic program, new designing of curriculum and revision of course in compliance with the university ordinance No detail curriculum is exist with 2.2 Arranging several discussion meetings of the formed committee objectives, outcomes and for preparing the detail curriculum assessment strategy. A syllabus is 2.3 Arranging workshop/training for academic faculty members on used but it still needs to be curriculum development reviewed and improved. 2.4 Upgradation of the curriculum to reflect the learning objectives and outcomes of each course addressing the current needs in global job market The revision of syllabus is partly 2.5 Giving the content of each courses with objectives, outcomes done by the academic committee and assessment strategies avoiding any redundancy for at four years interval. construction of a standard and complete curriculum Representative from students, 2.6 Accomplishing the review and improvement of the programs alumni and employers are not offered by the DGE in each Four Year Interval involved or consulted in the review 2.7 Undertaking initiatives for involving or consulting the process representative students, alumni and employers during reviewing and updating the program and curriculum after updating the existing ordinance accordingly 2.8 Undertaking actions for establishing/keeping provision a web page for continuous collection of online feedback from all kinds of stakeholders on the program and curriculum
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TARGET 3: Initiating necessary steps to realign the content based syllabus to an outcome based curriculum and increase of the capacity and development of soft skills of the students
Current Situation Proposed Interventions
Only content based course is 3.1 Development of objectives of each courses accommodating given but there is no course on adequate marks and time in the curriculum to develop of soft extra- or co-curricular skills, including communication and presentation skills, ICT
knowledge and personality of the students Some soft skills development courses are offered i.e. learning 3.2 Conducting workshop with all academics and other GIS, research presentation, field stakeholders to finalize the courses on soft skills work, but need to be added more 3.3 Processing for administrative approval for the soft skills aligned with national and global course importance
TARGET 4: Adding teaching strategies in the curriculum clearly and in detail Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Arranging discussion meetings with all academics to ascertain the basic teaching strategies to be executed by each course Teaching strategies of the DGE is teacher and to be included in the curriculum highly variable and not stated in 4.2 Develop ILOs and methods of measuring the achievement of the curriculum/syllabus or in any intended learning outcomes other documents in details 4.3 Arranging workshop/meeting in regular interval of time to review of teaching strategies
TARGET 5: Formulation and approval of effective rules and regulations for supervisions of thesis/report
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 5.1 Formation of a committee to develop an adequate, effective There are few informal regulations and interactive role and guidance of the teachers in thesis project or traditions for supervision of supervision thesis and report but there rules 5.2 Processing for university administrative approval after are not well written and circulated finalizing through the academic committee of the department 5.3 Allocating university fund in order to conduct the students’ research work smoothly and provision of payment for supervision
TARGET 6: Develop internship program in the curriculum and the department
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Formation of a committee to develop standard guidelines to offer internship (paid/unpaid) in the department. Empasis should be given for involving the highly qualified alumni/students in There is no provision for internship internship program exist in both the curriculum and 6.2 Arranging workshop to discuss with all stakeholders for department finalizing the rules and guidelines 6.3 Processing for administrative approval for proposed internship program
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QA Area 03: STUDENT ADMISSION, PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Improving the admission procedures to ensure the entry of highly qualified and committed learners 2. Developing a clear and well-documented mechanism to monitor the student progress 3. Providing academic guidance to weak students 4. Documenting achievement of ILOs by the students 5. Conducting discussion meeting with the students on their progress by the DGE 6. Establishing more links between academia and industry to brand the Department
TARGET 1: Improving the admission procedures to ensure the entry of highly qualified and committed learners
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Formulation of suitable and sustainable policy through series of meetings/discussions with faculty members, university authority and Existing admission policy and central admission committee to ensure the entry of highly qualified procedure are quite good and fair and committed learners/students according to their choices and but some lacking exists in ensuring preferences entry of qualified and committed 1.2 Arranging series of discussions and undertaking effective learners initiatives to review and reduce the existing ‘Quota System’ to ensure the entry of qualified and committed dependents of university teachers, officers and employees
TARGET 2: Developing a clear and well-documented mechanism to monitor the student progress
Current Situation Proposed Interventions No policy for monitoring the 2.1 Organizing discussion meetings with the academics to formulate progress and achievement of the a standard policy for effective cooperation in the progress and students except taking exam achievements of each student for monitoring and reviewing
TARGET 3: Providing academic guidance to weak students Current Situation Proposed Interventions
No departmental procedures to 3.1 Develop a well-defined policy to offer continuous counselling provide academic guidance to with the weak students beyond classroom teaching to increase their weak students except classroom attention and interest to the quality learning with in-depth study of regular teaching subject matter and ensure excellent performance in all examinations
TARGET 4: Documenting achievement of ILOs by the students
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Discussion meetings with academics to develop a policy for Any database for the progress and maintain a data base (hard and soft version) of the students achievement of students’ ILOs achievements does not exist 4.2 Recording and regular updating the data base of achievement of ILOs by the students
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TARGET 5: Conducting discussion meeting with the students on their progress by the DGE Current Situation Proposed Interventions 5.1 Developing guideline by the academics to introduce discussion meeting with the students about their progress No policy or activity exists to held 5.2 Arranging discussion meeting in regular interval at least once discussion meeting with the a year with both undergraduate and postgraduate students about students about their progress their progress in order to increase the sincerity and commitment of the students up to the mark
TARGET 6: Establishing more links between academia and industry to brand the Department Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Develop and schedule of event wise programs i.e. GIS day, No such policy and program by the World Environment Day, to highlights the DGE’s excellency to DGE other public, private academic and corporate industries
Some linkage established through 6.2 Formulate a policy to explore and establish linkage with individual efforts and linkage by international academic institutes/universities for making faculty members’ own but is very exchange/collaborative academic/research programs and limited internship for the students.
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QA Area 04: PHYSICAL FACILITIES
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Ensure sufficient number of classrooms with modern facilities 2. Establishment of full-fledged spacious GIS/RS/IT Computer Lab 3. Establishment of Cartography Lab 4. Renovation of existing Physical laboratory with development of hydrology and floodplain research facilities 5. Establishment of Climate Change and Environmental Modeling lab 6. Establishment of Rural Urban landscape and Livelihood Security Resource and Research Center 7. Establishment of a geo-environmental museum 8. Renovation and upgrading the meteorological station and meteorological room 9. Renovation and improvement of Chairman Office and academic faculties meeting room 10. Renovation of existing departmental office space to make it spacious, modern and standard 11. Arranging required office space for the academic and non-academic staffs and separate common rooms and prayer rooms for male and female students and academic and non-academic staffs 12. Improvement of the Seminar Library with rich and latest book collection and e-learning facilities 13. Improvement of existing storeroom of the DGE 14. Increase of washroom facilities for academics and office staffs
TARGET 1: Ensure sufficient number of classrooms with modern facilities
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Undertaking initiatives for increasing the number of classrooms for each batch of students including dedicated classroom for M.Phil. and Ph.D. research students 1.2 Making new classrooms more spacious and acoustic Inadequate number of classrooms 1.3 Renovation of old classrooms with limited facilities 1.4 Furnishing all classrooms with modern teaching aids 1.5 Making Seminar/presentation room with modern facilities for MPill/PhD researchers and academics research findings presentations
TARGET 2: Establishment of full-fledged spacious GIS, RS and IT Lab Current Situation Proposed Interventions
There is a GIS Lab room, which is 2.1 Establishment of a full-fledged GIS, RS and IT laboratory with small in size (only 25 students minimum capacity of 85 students which meet up the high demand capacity), inadequate to continue of the practical classes of GIS, RS and IT related soft skill existing IT, GIS and Remote development of the students sensing (RS) related soft skill 2.2 Ensuring all accessories, software and other back up supports courses for uninterrupted use of the Laboratory
TARGET 3: Establishment of Cartography Lab
Current Situation Proposed Interventions There is a space allocated for 3.1 Allocating sufficient amount funds to establish the cartography cartography lab but lack of enough lab in full-fledged immediately as cartography is the heart of funding it has not possible to Geographical teaching, learning and research arena establish the lab 3.2 Continuation of fund allocation to smooth running of the lab
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TARGET 4: Renovation of exiting Physical laboratory with develop of hydrology and floodplain research facilities
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Renovating the existing physical lab with installation of relevant Existing Physical Lab is not modern equipment for physical geography practical courses and adequate and no facilities exist to develop hydrology and floodplain laboratory for MPhill and PhD offer hydrology and floodplain research sedimentary research 4.2 Ensuring all equipment and other back up supports for uninterrupted use of the Laboratory
TARGET 5: Establishment of Climate Change and Environmental Modeling lab
Current Situation Proposed Interventions
No research lab or facility exists on 5.1 Establishment of a well-equipped Climate change and Climate Change and Environmental Lab to meet up the high demand of related courses Environmental Modeling research and research in the DGE and practical courses for the 5.2 Ensuring all accessories, software and other back up supports students for uninterrupted use of the Laboratory
TARGET 6: Establishment of Rural Urban landscape and Livelihood Security Resource and Research Center
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Establishment of new Rural urban landscape and livelihood security Resource and Research Center with modern facilities for No center/research facilities exist conducting policy level research and training facilities focusing on to carry out social ecological and sustainable development and equitable livelihoods in rural urban Development linkage research and space and landscape training 6.2 Ensuring allocation of sufficient annual funds/grants to continuing research and training for professional of different bodies in the newly setup Rural Urban Landscape and Livelihood Security Resource and Research Center
TARGET 7: Establishment of a geo-environmental museum
There is no Geo-environmental 7.1 Establishment of a Geo-environmental museum with collection museum in DGE. A very little and preservation of valuable and rare collection of maps, rocks and amount of fund is allocated other important vulnerable geographical and environmental artifacts annually which is not adequate to for displaying and educational purposes establish of a highly important 7.2 Ensuring more funds allocation for smooth operation and Geo-environmental museum maintenance of the museum
TARGET 8: Renovation and upgrading the meteorological station and meteorological room
Current Situation Proposed Interventions There is a meteorological station in 8.1 Renovate and upgrade the only metrological station not only in JU campus established by DGE JU but in Savar Area with modern digital daily weather data which is quite old with analogue recording and monitoring equipment equipment and the data recording 8.2 Improvement of meteorological data keeping room with high and maintaining room is not well end user digital data keeping and making facilities for conducting equipped with modern facilities Climatology course related practical sessions and research
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TARGET 9: Renovation and improvement of Chairman Office and academic faculties meeting room
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Existing office of the Chairman is 9.1 Increasing the size and renovation of the present chairman inadequate and of below standard office room to make it standard and an adjunct meeting room should be upgraded with standard space and facilities for conducting academic meeting
TARGET 10: Renovation of existing departmental office space to make it spacious, modern and standard
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Office space is so congested to 10.1 Undertaking necessary initiatives to allotment of new floor run all the departmental official space for the DGE office within the approved schedule with activities ensuring sufficient fund to make it into full operation
TARGET 11: Arranging required office space for the academic and non-academic staffs and separate common rooms and prayer rooms for male and female students and academic and non academic staffs
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Office space is not available for all 11.1 Readjustment and renovation of the office space allotted to academic and non academic senior academic staffs staffs, in particularly office space 11.2 Undertaking necessary initiatives to allot new floor space to allotted to senior academic staffs the academic and non-academic staffs and funds for the DGE are inadequate and below within the approved schedule standard 11.3 Undertaking necessary initiatives to allot new floor space and funds for the DGE within the approved schedule to establish There is no common rooms for separate common rooms and prayer rooms for male and female the students students, academics and non-academic staffs
TARGET 12: Improvement of the Seminar Library with rich and latest book collection and e- learning facilities
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 12.1 Renovation of seminar library to accommodate maximum number of students Existing facilities in seminar library 12.2 Enrichment of adequate up to date reading and reference are inadequate materials along with e-learning facilities in the seminar library to
meet the academic and research needs and coordination among No e-learning facility exists seminar library of DGE, central library of JU and UGC funded library resources
TARGET 13: Renovation of existing storeroom of the DGE
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Existing storeroom of the 13.1 Renovation of store room by removing sewerage line leakage department is seriously damaged along with increase of storage capacity by providing more racks and with having leakage of sewerage selves to make the store room full functional line. Lack of sufficient rack for 13.2 Establish of digital data record system in the store room keeping instruments and other stuffs
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TARGET 14: Increase of washroom facilities for academics and office staffs
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 14.1 Establishment of new separate washrooms for both female Lack of clean washroom for and male academic and non-academic members academic and non-academic staffs 14.2 Improving the existing cleaning services in all washroom Teachers are now have to use including the newly setup washrooms and close supervision and either chairman room’s washroom monitoring cleanliness in all washroom area or students washrooms
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QA Area 05: TEACHING - LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Development and application of effective teaching methods and techniques to create attractive ways of learning for the students 2. Minimizing the class loads of teachers to ensure quality teaching 3. Undertake effective strategies to provide course outlines and lesson plans to the students by all teachers in advance and apply the lesion plan regularly 4. Introduce case based, real life learning course, and more fieldwork to nearby areas rather than the current practice of text book oriented teaching 5. Ensure sufficient teaching aids and relatives instruments for the practical classes 6. Ensure diverse assessment methods
TARGET 1: Development and application of effective teaching methods and techniques to create attractive ways of learning for the students
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Undertake student centered learning by adaptation of advance and effective teaching methods and strategies by every teachers Traditional and variable teaching after didactic understanding about the managing classroom, proper methods are in use that causes use of instrumental tools to supports students learning and teachers centered learning of designing and as well as use of effective teaching-learning plan different qualities 1.2 Conducting open discussion on the adopted teaching methods and strategies by the course teachers and finalizing their approval in academic meetings
TARGET 2: Minimizing the class loads of teachers to ensure quality teaching Current Situation Proposed Interventions
Techers are overloaded with the 2.1 Creating post and thereby recruiting of qualified Demonstrator theoretical and practical classes for the practical classes to reduce teachers’ practical course load
TARGET 3: Undertake effective strategies to provide course outlines and lesson plans to the students by all teachers in advance and apply the lesion plan regularly
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 3.1 Designing effective lesson plan for each course by the course Lesson plan is rarely used teacher and approval of all lesson plans in academic meeting 3.2 Monitoring the follow-up of the regular use of lesson plan
TARGET 4: Introduce case based, real life learning course, and more fieldwork to nearby areas rather than the current practice of text book oriented teaching
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Case based, real life learning is 4.1 Starting case based and real life learning practice involving students to work in group not in practice. Field work based course is only part of practical 4.2 Taking initiative to incorporate short field work in related courses courses and a weak long field along with class room theoretical teaching by using the nearby work for each batch is taken once areas of the JU or other suitable places along with sufficient funding in a year 4.3 Allocating sufficient fund for more intensive week long field Very insufficient amount of fund is work for the students allocated (18 Thousand BDT per batch) for one week long field work
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TARGET 5: Ensure sufficient teaching aids and relatives instruments for the practical classes Current Situation Proposed Interventions 5.1 Ensuring sufficient practical teaching aids and instrument by Lack of sufficient practical allocating additional fund so that each student can have sufficient instruments resources in the practical session
TARGET 6: Ensure diverse assessment methods Current Situation Proposed Interventions Diverse assessment systems are 6.1 Formulation of criteria, processes, techniques and rubrics of being followed but more update assessment procedures through workshop or series of discussion changes in formative and for the homogeneous assessment of attainment of the students’ summative assessment tools have performance in terms of knowledge skills and attitude not been taken to actually judge the original potential development 6.3 Preparing written prescripts bearing the guidelines of of the students understanding and formulation the assessment tools including presentation and capability to express the original cased based examination questions for achieving students critical thoughts originally thinking and skills orally and in writing
TARGET 7: Introduce Teacher evaluation by students for all courses to ensure that Faculty members carry out their tasks seriously and with due diligence
7.1 Formulation of guideline in the academic meeting for course evaluation including the teacher of each course by the students No teacher evaluation by students after ending of course exists 7.2 Arrange workshop for all teachers and students to introduce the evaluation purpose, motive and procedure
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QA Area 06: STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Introduce the student counseling services and academic guidance 2. Formulation the policy to expedite extra-and-co-curricular activities 3. Undertaking effective initiative to organize and make supportive for the alumni 4. Undertaking effective initiative to create funding opportunities for sports and co-curricular activities for the students 5. Provide career guidance and placement counseling for students
TARGET 1: Introduce the student counseling services and academic guidance
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Discussion meetings with the academics to formulate policy for No proper guidelines exists for regular academic guidance and counselling to the students of each formal and regular counselling and batch in a certain interval academic guidance to the students 1.2 Processing for administrative approval Only one Young Teacher is 1.3 Arranging workshop with all teachers and students for assigned for Student advisor discussing and distribution of the guidelines to them 1.4 Taking initiative for appointing Batch based Student Advisor from academic member of the DGE
TARGET 2: Formulation the policy to expedite extra-and-co-curricular activities Current Situation Proposed Interventions 2.1 Discussion meeting with the academics to formulate policy for extra-and-co-curricular activities 2.2 Development and implemented of improvement plan for Lack of policy for extra-and co- students support services curricular activities 2.3 Arrange different extra-and-co-curricular activities according to the formulated policy and plans and encourage students to participate
TARGET 3: Undertaking effective initiative to organize and make supportive for the alumni Current Situation Proposed Interventions 3.1 Undertake effective initiative to make the Alumni more formal
Alumni association is formed with full organizing committee recently but relevant works are yet 3.2 Arrange meetings in a certain interval and occasional get to be done together among the alumni and current students, teachers and non- academic staffs of the department to strength the bonding
TARGET 3: Undertaking effective initiative to create funding opportunities for sports and co- curricular activities for the students
Current Situation Proposed Interventions Any effort or initiatives to create 3.1 Motivate the alumni and arrange Partnership programs with funding opportunities for sports corporate and business sponsorship for funding events sports and co-curricular activities tournaments, festivals, fair or charity
TARGET 4: Provide Career guidance and placement counseling for students Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Arranging open discussion with students about their future plan Very little support to the students and strategy after graduation and invite alumni and different for their future career growth professional organizations and stakeholders to attend in the discussion
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QA Area 07: STAFFS AND FACILITIES
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Ensure balance appointment of discipline relevant and qualified new teachers 2. Recruit of required number of supporting non-academic staffs, Demonstrator and trained technicians for laboratories 3. Developing policy for pedagogical training and skill development for teachers 4. Arrange training for non-academic staffs on skill development and introducing strategy for recognition and motivation of non-academic staffs
TARGET 1: Ensure balance appointment of discipline relevant and qualified new teachers
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Conducting discussion meeting with the university authority for Appointment of discipline/branch appointing required number of qualified teachers, determined by the of geography relevant new teacher academic meetings in each discipline/branch of geography of the has been not ensured always DGE
TARGET 2: Recruit of required number of supporting non-academic staffs, Demonstrator and trained technicians for laboratories
Current Situation Proposed Interventions
Number of non-academic staffs 2.1 To Undertake initiative for appointing required number of trained and technicians are insufficient supporting non-academic staffs, Demonstrator and technicians determined by the academic meetings of the DGE and then process No Demonstrator appointed till for administrative approval and recruitment now
TARGET 3: Developing policy for pedagogical training and skill development for teachers
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 3.1 Formulation of policy for pedagogical training and skill development programs for the teachers in regular interval by the There is no training or skill DGE then process for its administrative approval development training for the 3.2 After obtaining approval from university authority arrange faculty members of the DGE training/workshop on pedagogy and skill development comprising curriculum design, teaching methodologies, academic norms, question settings to measure the achievement of ILOs, etc
TARGET 4: Arrange training for non-academic staffs on skill development and introducing strategy for recognition and motivation of non-academic staffs
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Formulation of policy for pedagogical training and skill No measures for skill development development programs for the teachers in regular interval by the of non-academic staffs along with DGE or university then process for its administrative approval no recognition and motivation 4.2 Introduce recognition and motivational intensive for non- intensive for them academic staffs as an way to get their maximum services
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QA Area 08: RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): 1. Development of effective research plan and policy 2. Explore collaborative research grants/project 3. Creating sustainable research funding for conducting quality and upgraded research to fulfill national needs 4. Allocation of fund for the faculty members to publish their research in high impact factor journals 5. Establishment of an e-repository where abstracts of papers and conference presentations can be published 5. Establishing the opportunities of research assistantships to encourage the devoted research students and young academics
TARGET 1: Development of effective research plan and policy
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 1.1 Organizing discussion meeting with the academic members for formulating Departmental research policy and plans Lack of well-defined research 1.2 Arrange workshop with the participation of relevant stakeholders policy and plans in written form and external experts for finalizing the policy and plans 1.2 Processing for administrative approval
TARGET 2: Explore collaborative research grants/project Current Situation Proposed Interventions
2.1 Exploring potential collaboration with national and international organizations, institutes, NGOs, donors etc. Lack of collaborative research 2.2 Continuous monitoring and improvement of the partnership and collaboration 2.3 Encourage both senior and young faculties to hunt the research
fund by providing all departmental cooperation
TARGET 3: Creating sustainable research funding for conducting quality and upgraded research to fulfill national needs Current Situation Proposed Interventions Existing research funding available 3.1 Undertaking initiatives for progressive allocation and for individual academic faculty sustainable funding in university budget for long term research in from JU and UGC which are the DGE allied with national interest and needs insufficient for conducting need based research
TARGET 4: Allocation of fund for the faculty members to publish their research in high impact factor journals
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 4.1 Formulations of policy in academic meeting to allocate No funding exists for the faculty publication charges of accepted papers of faculty members in high impact factors journals members for publishing their research in international journals 4.2 Discussion with university authority for approval and allocating funds in annual budget
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TARGET 5: Establishment of an e-repository where abstracts of papers and conference presentations can be published
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 5.1 Establishing an e-repository in the DGE website’s where abstract of paper and conferences presentations of the academics and research students both graduate and MPill/PhD research of No e-repository exists DGE can be published to make available globally 5.2 Allocation of fund to continue and smooth maintenance of such e-repository
TARGET 6: Establishing the opportunities of research assistantships to encourage the devoted research students and young academics
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Formulation of rules and regulation for research assistantships and internship more attractive and formal to encourage the devoted, brilliant research students and young academics No rules or guidelines for research 6.2 Processing for university approval assistantship 6.3 Offering Research assistantship and ensuring more interactive guidance at regular interval while carrying out research assistantship
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QA Area 09: PROCESS MANAGEMENT & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
TARGETS BY 2020 (Based on EPRR and SAR): Ensuring liaison between DGE and IQAC for maintaining the quality indicators and continuing 1. quality improvement Conducting self-assessment program on a regular basis, preferably every three to four years of 2. interval 3. Develop methods of measuring the achievement of intended learning (ILOs) outcomes 4. Lunching Peer Observation Policy Establishing the Transparent and effective provision of students’ regular feedback about the 5. program, especially on teaching and learning and course teachers 6. Establishing of formal method to get the feedback from the stakeholders
TARGET 1: Ensuring liaison between DGE and IQAC for maintaining the quality indicators and continuing quality improvement
Current Situation Proposed Interventions No coordinator is appointed for 1.1 Appointment a coordinator from the academic faculty members establishing liaison between DGE of DGE for establishing liaison between DGE and IQAC for and IQAC maintaining the quality indicators and continuing quality improvement following the decision adopted in academic meetings
TARGET 2: Conducting self-assessment program on a regular basis, preferably every three to four years of interval
Current Situation Proposed Interventions
2.1 Undertaking initiatives for conducting further self-assessment programs in the DGE in regular basis preferably every three to four Further Self Assessment of the years of interval to know the status, identify problems and DGE is not yet decided implement the necessary actions for overall development of the DGE.
TARGET 3: Develop methods of measuring the achievement of intended learning outcomes
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 3.1 Dialogue and discussion with academic members for The Intended Learning Outcomes developing methods of measuring ILOs of every course (ILOs) of each course have not been defined 3.2 Approved by the general meeting of proposed ILOs and then processing for approval
TARGET 4: Lunching Peer Observation Policy Current Situation Proposed Interventions No monitoring, peer observation 4.1 Discussion meeting with the departmental academics to design and feedback policy exit peer observation, mention and feedback policy 4.2 Monitoring of peer observation system regularly f
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TARGET 5: Establishing the Transparent and effective provision of students’ regular feedback about the program, especially on teaching and learning and course teachers
5.1 Arrange discussion with the students about their continuous feed-back and reviewing on the program, especially on teaching, Any evaluation process or learning and assessment mechanism by the students is not 5.2 Arrange workshop for all teachers to formulate the policy and in practice. process of evaluation, set criteria and make the questions for teachers evaluation 5.3 Implementing the Students’ evaluation of all course including
the teachers involved in each course
TARGET 6: Establishing of formal method to get the feedback from the stakeholders regarding overall improvement of the DGE
Current Situation Proposed Interventions 6.1 Developing Regular feedback mechanism from relevant No formal method to get feedback stakeholders to identify the weak, potential and further from the stakeholders exists improvement areas of the DGE
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Potential Limitations and Roadblocks in achieving targets
No. QA Areas Potential Limitations/Roadblocks Plan to overcome these
Absences of realization and proper understandings the need Conducting discussion meetings with academic members of the DGE and 1. Governance Lack of strong desire and sincerity of institutional and administrative key persons of the university authority initiatives
Conflict between existing ordinance Relentless and sincere encouragement and the full fledge curriculum at the departmental, faculty and university level to review or modify the Awareness, motivation and existing ordinances to favor the dedication of faculty members and construction and application of Curriculum university authority regarding the Content curriculum 2. significance of using a full fledge Design & curriculum Review Faculties should be trained and Absent of proper training on motivated curriculum development Getting regular basis suggestions and Regular monitoring critics from stakeholders
Student Conducting series of meeting with the Administrative arrangement Admission, university authority and academics
3. Progress and Lack of proper and systematic Achievements Ensuring proper documentation through documentation proper administrative arrangement
A well accepted design should be Foresight on proper planning and developed for sustainable construction designing of expansion of faculty of faculty building and allocation of building by the authority space according to need based of the Physical specific program and the department 4. Facilities Inconsistence on decision making Support and encourage the university Insufficient space and fund allocation authority for final approval of the adopted master plan and adequate budget allocation from the Government
Lack of enough interest among the Discussion with university authority to academics in application of effective, introduce an unified teachers’ interactive and motivational teaching performance assessments by the learning and comprehensive students system Teaching - assessment system 5. Learning and Assessment Proper institutional and Introduce training for academic administrative arrangements of faculties and encourage them to students’ assessment against participate teachers performance
Sincere interest of university Conducting discussion meetings with Student authority and lack of administrative university authority for favoring 6. Support arrangement standard supports for the students Services services Enough funding
Lack of fair recruitment system Conducting discussion with university authority convincing to f
Staff and Lack of regular basis training and 7. Arrange skill development training in Facilities proper evaluation for non-academic regular basis staffs Introduce proper evaluation system
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No. QA Areas Potential Limitations/Roadblocks Plan to overcome these
Discussion with university authority and motivation for allocating adequate funding to the academics not only for conducting high quality research but Lack of adequate funding Research and also for publishing their research in 8. Extension high impact journal Lack of rewarding Encourage university authority to introduce excellent research environment
Conducting discussion of academics Lack of enough interest among all and university authority for convincing academics and key persons of the them to take initiatives to favor proper university process management and continuous improvement and to ensure institutional Process Absence of Monitoring and arrangement Management 9. documentation & Continuous Development and management of a Improvement Standard website and information standard website
flow Support the continuous endeavor of university authority for adequate budget Adequate funding allocation from the government
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STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
2019 – 2022
Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Discussing in departmental academic committee Not Vision, Mission & Meeting minutes and meeting to finalize the vision, mission and - - DGE objectives in accordance with the Faculty of Social Required objectives achieved resolution
Sciences and JU’s vision, mission and objectives
Not Meeting minutes and Processing for administrative approval - - DGE & JU Administrative approval & Required decision by JU resolution
Discussion meetings with academics to Strategic improvement plan finalized and necessary formulate planning committee to finalize the Not Meeting minutes and - - DGE processing for strategic improvement plan for the DGE and Required resolution administrative approval is processing for its administrative approval completed
Finalizing administrative approval and decision Meeting minutes and Governance Not Administrative approval for sanctioning the necessary funds for the - - DGE & JU resolution implementation of the adopted improvement Required and decision by JU
plan
Meeting minutes and Not Academic Calendar Developing more realistic academic calendar - - DGE resolution, Hard copy
Required Prepared of Academic Calendar
Printed copy of Circulate the academic calendar, class routine to Not Printed copy of Academic Academic Calendar academics, students and university - - DGE Required Calendar and Class routine and Class routine and administrations (i.e. Exam office) student feedback
Discussion with academic members on regular interval to make faculty members accountable Not Meeting minutes and - - DGE Supportive documents to follow the academic calendar and class Required Student feedback routine
Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Developing a standard brochure/ handbook Meeting minutes and containing vision, mission objectives, rules, Not Finalized brochure/ - - DGE copy of regulation and program related information in required Handbook detail brochure/handbook
Printed copy of Distribution of brochure/handbook to all Printed copy of Brochure/ Brochure/ Handbook Required 2 JU/DGE DGE students and stakeholders handbook and students and other
stakeholders’ feedback Conducted discusison with Not Collaborative discussion with JU internet - - DGE and JU DGE and JU internet Supporting documents
required management committee management committee
Making the departmental website as complete, Standard and informative Visiting the Website of Required 6 JU/UGC DGE standard and much informative website of DGE DGE Governance
Arrange formal training on website management Required 1 JU/UGC DGE and JU Training Documents Training documents
Standard and informative Ensuring regular updating each part of the Visiting the website of Required 2 JU/UGC DGE website of DGE website DGE
Meeting minutes, Arranging discussion meeting with the academics Prepared Data Not resolution & strategic for formulating standard academic and other data - - DGE maintenance policy and Required policy and guidelines maintenance policy and guidelines guidelines on Data maintenance
Creating standard both manual and digital database of all academic, research and Updated Academic and Hard and Website administrative documents and information Required 2 JU/UGC DGE administrative database information ensuring regular updating in achieving the program objectives
Ensure monitoring by the specific committee or Not Regular updated Hardcopy and website - - DGE chairman Required databased information
Meeting minutes & Not Discussion meetings with academics to - - DGE Developed KPIs resolution and Required develop KPIs and finalize document of KPIs
Every effort should be given to achieve KPIs Not - - DGE Updated KPIs documents Printed document and update in specific interval/period Required
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Continual efforts will be taken for undertaking decision in faculty, board of advanced studies and academic council meetings to complete the DGE, Dean of Social Existing ordinance are necessary changes in the existing ordinance of Not Printed copy of the - - Science updated in favor of the faculty and university in order to make it Required ordinance mandatory to construct and use of a Faculty and curriculum comprehensive curriculum in all department and JU authority for the administrative approval of the revised ordinance
Formation of a committee involving the highly The committee formed for experienced academics from the department, revision of academic other geography and related disciplines of the Not Meeting Minutes and - - DGE program, new deigning of Curriculum country for revision of academic program, new Required resolution curriculum and revision of Design and designing of curriculum and revision of courses in course Review compliance with the university ordinance
Revision and improvement
Arranging several discussion meetings of the of the Program suggested by respective committee Resolution of the formed committee for preparing the detail Required 2 JU/UGC DGE curriculum Approval through meetings discussion meeting of DGE
Documents on Arranging workshop/training for academic faculty Workshop/training Training materials & Required 1 JU/UGC DGE members on Curriculum development completed participations of academics of DGE
Up gradating the curriculum to reflect the intended Not Updated Contents of the Hard copy of BSc and learning outcomes(ILOs) of each course - - DGE addressing the current needs in global job market Required courses MSC curriculum
Giving the content of each courses with objectives, outcomes and assessment strategies Not Updated Contents of the Hard copy of BSc and avoiding any redundancy for construction of a - - DGE Required courses MSC curriculum standard and complete curriculum
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Reviewed committee Accomplishing the review and improvement of the meeting minutes and Not Reviewed Papers and programs offered by the DGE in each Four Year - - DGE hard copy of updated Required Updated Program offered Interval curriculum and programs Undertaking initiatives for involving or consulting the representative students, alumni and The recorded views of the Hard and soft copies of employers during reviewing and updating the Required 1 JU/DGE DGE students, alumni and the students, alumni program and curriculum after updating the existing employers and employers ordinance accordingly
Arranging discussion meetings with all academics Ascertained teaching Meeting minutes and to ascertain the basic teaching strategies to be Not - - DGE strategies included in the resolution and hard executed by each course teacher and to be required curriculum copy of the Curriculum included in the curriculum
Discussion though Meeting minutes and meetings and Updated Arranging workshop/meeting in regular interval of Not resolution and hard - - DGE guidelines to review of Curriculum time to review of teaching strategies required copy of the updated
Design and teaching strategies Curriculum Review included in the curriculum Development of objectives of each courses by the academic committee of the department Hard copy of the darft accommodating adequate marks and time in the Not Soft skills courses version of the - - DGE curriculum for the development of soft skills, Required developed and proposed proposed soft skills including communication and presentation skills, courses ICT knowledge and personality of the students
Conducting workshop with all academics and Workshop completed and Supporting documents Required 1 JU/UGC DGE soft skills courses and Copy of proposed other stakeholders to finalize the courses developed soft skills courses
Hard copy of the Final Processing for administrative approval of the soft Not Approved Courses by - - DGE version of the Soft skills skills course Required the JU authority courses
Formation of a committee to develop an Appropriate guidelines Meeting Minutes and adequate, effective and interactive role and Not - - DGE prepared through Formed Printed copy of guidance of the teachers in thesis project required supervision committee guidelines
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Processing for university administrative approval Not Hard copy of the Final Approved guidelines after finalizing through the academic committee of - - DGE and JU the department required version of the Guidelines by the JU authority
Printed Copy of Allocating university fund in order to conduct the Hard copy of Conducted students’ research work smoothly and provision of Required 4 JU/UGC DGE Conducted Research Research payment for supervision Report
Formation of a committee to develop standard Appropriate guidelines Curriculum guidelines to offer internship (paid/unpaid) in the Not Printed copy of - - DGE prepared through Formed Design and department. Empasis should be given for Required guidelines Review involving the highly qualified alumni/students in committee internship program
DGE Arranging workshop to discuss with all Feedback complied in Required 1 and DGE Workshop completed stakeholders for finalizing the rules and guidelines the draft guidelines Alumni
Not Hard copy of the Final Approved guidelines Processing for administrative approval internship - - DGE and JU program Required version of the Guidelines by the JU authority
Formulation of suitable and sustainable policy DGE, Finalized strategic policy Written Records of through series of meetings/discussions with Faculty of Not for the entry of highly meetings and faculty members, university authority and central - - Social Required qualified and committed Hard copy of the admission committee to ensure the entry of highly Sciences & learners adopted policy qualified and committed learners/students JU Authority according to their choices and preferences
Arranging series of discussions and undertaking DGE, Student Written Records of effective initiatives to review and reduce the Faculty of Finalized strategic policy Admission, Not meetings and existing ‘Quota System’ to ensure the entry of - - Social for review and reduce progress Required Hard copy of the qualified and committed dependents of university Sciences & Quota system and adopted policy achievement teachers, officers and employees JU Authority
Organizing discussion meetings with the Written Records of Approved policy for academics to formulate a standard policy for meetings and Not cooperation in the effective cooperation in the progress and - - DGE initiatives Required progress and achievements achievements of each student for monitoring and Hard copy of the of the DGE students reviewing adopted policy
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Develop a well-defined policy to offer continuous counselling with the weak students beyond Written Records of Approved policy for offering meetings and classroom teaching to increase their attention and Not - - DGE counseling to weak initiatives interest to the quality learning with in-depth study Required students Hard copy of the of subject matter and ensure excellent adopted policy performance in all examination
Discussion meetings with academics to develop a Formulated Policy for Regulation of policy for maintain a data base (hard and soft Not recording and updating academic meeting and - - JU/DGE version) of the students achievements Required student progress and Written policy achievement documents Recording and regular updating the data base of Updating Records of Office records and achievement of ILOs by the students Required 3 - JU/DGE students’ progress students feedback
Developing guideline by the academics to Meeting minutes and introduce discussion meeting with the students Not Developed Guidelines Student - - DGE Hardcopy of about their progress Required paper Admission, Guidelines progress and Arranging discussion meeting in regular interval achievement at least once a year with both undergraduate and Supporting Documents of postgraduate students about their progress in Not - - DGE conducted discussion Student feedback order to increase the sincerity and commitment of Required meetings with students the students up to the mark
Develop and schedule of event wise programs i.e. JU/DGE DGE with GIS day, World Environment Day, to highlights the Records of event Required 3 /Alumni/ the help of Events completed DGE’s excellency to other public, private completed academic and corporate industries sponsor JU
Formulate a policy to explore and establish linkage with international academic Policy paper institutes/universities for making Not Policy paper and MoU - - DGE and MoU (if any exchange/collaborative academic/research Required (if any established) established) program and internship for the students
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Undertaking initiatives for increasing the number Meeting minutes of Administrative initiatives of classrooms for each batch of students including Not both academic - - DGE and JU undertaken in academic dedicated classroom for M.Phil. and Ph.D. Required meeting and meeting meetings and meetings research students with JU authority with JU authority
To be Making new classrooms with more spacious and Approved building plan and Visible four new class Required estimated JU/UGC JU acoustic allocated rooms for DGE rooms available by JU Visible changes of Renovated classrooms and Renovation of old classrooms Required 10 JU/UGC JU classrooms, Students increasing facilities feedback Visible changes of Furnishing all classrooms with necessary modern Improvement of teaching classroom teaching Required 10 JU/UGC DGE teaching aids learning environment facilities and student and teachers feedback Research Physical Making Seminar/presentation room with modern Developed New Seminar Students/Researchers Facilities facilities for MPill/PhD researchers and academics Required 10 JU/UGC DGE room for Research feedback and Visible research findings presentations Presentation new seminar room
Establishment of a full-fledged GIS, RS and IT Visible newly laboratory with minimum capacity of 85 students Developed New well developed well which meet up the high demand of the practical Required 60 JU/UGC DGE equipped modern GIS/RS equipped modern classes of GIS, RS and IT related soft skill and IT Lab GIS/RS and IT Lab development of the students and Students feedback
Decision undertaken in Ensuring all accessories, software and other back academic meetings about Academic committee up supports for uninterrupted use of the Required 5 JU/UGC DGE requirement of necessary resolution and Laboratory further purchases of Procurement status equipment
Visible newly Allocating sufficient amount funds to establish the developed well Developed New well equipped modern cartography lab in full pleasure immediately as Required 5 JU/UGC DGE cartography is heart of Geographical teaching, equipped modern Cartography room and learning and research arena Cartography Lab Students feedback
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Decision taken in academic meetings about Academic committee Continuation of fund allocation to smooth running Required 2 JU/UGC DGE requirement of further resolution and of the Cartography lab purchases of equipment Procurement status
Visible renovated and Renovating the existing physical lab with Developed Renovated well upgraded modern installation of relevant modern equipment for equipped modern Practical physical Lab and Required 30 JU/UGC DGE physical geography practical courses and lab with extended facilities Documentation of develop hydrology and floodplain laboratory for set up for hydrology and ongoing and M.Phil. and PhD research floodplain research completed research activities
Decision undertaken in
academic meetings about Ensuring all equipment and other back up Academic committee requirement of necessary supports for uninterrupted use of Physical Required 5 JU/UGC DGE resolution and further purchases of Physical laboratory Procurement status equipment Facilities Visible newly developed well Establishment of a well-equipped Climate change Developed New well equipped modern and Environmental Lab to meet up the high equipped modern Climate Required 30 JU/UGC DGE Climate Change and demand of related courses and research in the change and Environmental Environmental DGE Modeling Lab Modeling Lab and Students feedback
Decision undertaken in Ensuring all accessories, software and other back academic meetings about Academic committee up supports for uninterrupted use of the Climate Required 5 JU/UGC DGE requirement of necessary resolution and change and Environmental Modeling Laboratory further purchases of Procurement status equipment
Establishment of new Rural urban landscape and Developed new Rural Visible newly Required 20 JU/UGC DGE livelihood security Resource and Research Center Urban Landscape and developed modern with modern facilities for conducting policy level Livelihood Security Rural Urban
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
research and training facilities focusing on Resource and Research Landscape and sustainable development and equitable livelihoods Center Livelihood Security in rural urban space and landscape Resource and Research Center and Supporting documents on Research Plans and training agendas
Ensuring allocation of sufficient annual Decision undertaken in Academic committee funds/grants to continuing research and training academic meetings about resolution and ongoing for professional of different bodies in the newly Required 15 JU/UGC DGE undertaking research and and completed setup Rural Urban Landscape and Livelihood offered training research documents Security Resource and Research Center
Visible newly Establishment of a Geo-environmental museum developed Geo- with collection and preservation of valuable and Developed New Geo- Environmental rare collection of maps, rocks and other important Required 7 JU/UGC DGE Environmental Museum Museum and displayed vulnerable geographical and environmental map and different Physical artifacts for displaying and educational purposes Facilities artifacts
Decision undertaken in Academic committee Ensuring more funds allocation for smooth academic meetings about Required 3 JU/UGC DGE resolution and operation and maintenance of the museum requirement of necessary Procurement status further purchases of artifacts or maps
Visible renovated and Renovate and upgrade the only metrological Developed renovated and upgraded station not only in JU but in Savar Area with Required 15 JU/UGC DGE upgraded Meteorological meteorological station modern digital daily weather data recording and station and Recoded data monitoring equipment
Improvement of meteorological data keeping room Improved digital data with high end user digital data keeping and Digitally recorded data Required 3 JU/UGC DGE record facilities and making facilities for conducting Climatology and students feedback course related practical sessions and research practical class facilities
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Increasing the size and renovation of the present chairman office room to make it standard and an Visible newly adjunct meeting room should be upgraded with Renovated Standard renovated standard Required 10 JU DGE standard space and facilities for conducting Chairman room Chairman room academic meeting
Undertaking necessary initiatives to allotment of new floor space for the DGE office within the To be Allocated visible new floor Approved building floor approved schedule with ensuring sufficient fund to Required decided by JU/UGC JU space for DGE and set up plan of the JU and set make it into full operation JU all facilities up all facilities
Visible standard office Visible standard office Readjustment and renovation of the office space Required 10 JU/UGC DGE space for the Senior space and Senior allotted to senior academic staffs academics of the DGE Teachers’ feedback
Visible standard office Undertaking necessary initiatives to allot new floor To be Visible standard office space for both academic space to the academic and officers and funds for Required decided by JU/UGC JU space for academics and officers the DGE within the approved schedule JU and officers Physical Visible established Facilities Developed separate Undertaking necessary initiatives to allot new floor separate common common rooms and space and funds for the DGE within the approved To be rooms and prayers prayers room for male and schedule to establish separate common rooms Required decided by JU/UGC JU room for male and female students, and prayer rooms for male and female students, JU female students, academics and non- academics and non-academic staffs academics and non- academic staffs academic staffs
Renovated seminar library Renovation of seminar library to accommodate feedback from the Required 10 JU/UGC DGE with increased space and maximum number of students facilities users
Enrichment of adequate up to date reading and reference materials along with e-learning facilities in the seminar library to meet the academic and Enrich collection of Procurement Status Required 15 JU/UGC DGE research needs and coordination among seminar standard reading materials and Feedback form library of DGE, central library of JU and UGC and e-access of journals the users funded library resources
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Renovation of store room by removing sewerage line leakage along with increase of storage Visible renovated store capacity by providing more racks and selves to Required 3 JU DGE Renovated store room rooms with more make the store room full functional storage capacity
Digitally recorded Data Establish of digital data record system in the store base and quality Required 1 JU/UGC DGE Set up IT Facilities room maintained of the storeroom
Established new separate Establishment of new separate washrooms for To be Physical washrooms for male and both female and male academic and non- Required decided by JU/UGC JU Feedback by the users Facilities femail academic and non- academic members JU academic staffs
Improving the existing cleaning services in all washroom including the newly setup Regular monitoring Feedback from the Required 2 JU DGE washrooms and regular close supervision and ensured by the DGE users monitoring cleanliness in all washroom area
Undertake student centered learning by Draft copy of Learning adaptation of advance and effective teaching methods and strategies by every teachers after objectives and outcomes, Draft Hard copies of Not assessment methods and the improved teaching didactic understanding about the managing - - DGE required strategies including the learning and classroom, proper use of instrumental tools to supports students learning and designing and as grading system of the assessment plans program Teaching- well as use of effective teaching-learning plan
Leaning and Assessment Minutes of academic committee meetings Conducting open discussion at academic Conducted academic and hard copies of the committee meetings on the adopted teaching Not - - DGE committee meeting and finalized version of methods and strategies by the course teachers Required Supporting documents and teaching learning and and finalizing their approval in academic meetings assessment plans of the DGE
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Meeting minutes and Conducted academic Creating post and thereby recruiting of qualified To be resolution and committee meeting of DGE Demonstrator for the practical classes to reduce Required decided by JU/UGC DGE supporting documents and meetings with DGE teachers’ practical course load the JU on the meetings with and JU authority JU authority
Designing effective lesson plan for each course by Hard copies of the Not Approved lessons plans of the course teacher and approval of all lesson - - DGE lesson plans of all Required all courses plans in academic meeting course
Hard copies of
agendas and Monitoring the follow-up of the regular use of Not Agendas and decision of - - DGE resolutions taken in the Teaching- lesson plan Required academic meetings academic committee Leaning and meetings on Assessment monitoring status
Hard copy of students’ Starting case based and real life learning practice Not Class practices and group 2 JU/UGC DGE note books, lecture involving students to work in group Required work note book hand supplied
Taking initiative to incorporate short field work in Hard copies of related courses along with class room theoretical Required 4 JU/UGC DGE Field studies worksheet in the field, teaching by using the nearby areas of the JU or group note book other suitable places along with sufficient funding
Allocating sufficient fund for more intensive week Hard copies of long field work for the students Required 4 JU/UGC DGE Field studies worksheet in the field, group note book Stock of teaching aids Ensuring sufficient practical teaching aids and and instruments and instrument by allocating additional fund so that Stock of teaching aids and feedback from Required 5 JU/UGC DGE each student can have sufficient resources in the instruments students about the practical session uses of adequate practical instruments 38
Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Formulation of criteria, processes, techniques and rubrics of assessment procedures through Documents, meeting workshop or series of discussion for the Policy for assessment resolution, feedback homogeneous assessment of attainment of the Required 4 JU/UGC DGE criteria, processes, tools from teachers and students’ performance in terms of knowledge /techniques and rubrics students skills and attitude
Preparing written prescripts bearing the guidelines of formulation the assessment tools including Hard copies of written Written prescripts approved presentation and cased based examination Not prescripts and minutes Teaching- - - DGE in academic meeting for questions for achieving students originally thinking Required and resolution of Leaning and constructive learning Assessment and skills orally and in writing meeting
Academic committee’s Formulation of guideline in the academic meeting Agreement for course Meetings resolution for course evaluation including the teacher of Not evaluation, Developed and hard copy of - - DGE each course by the students after ending of Required guidelines and format of guidelines and course evaluation evaluation questionnaire
Workshop document and Arrange workshop for all teachers and students to Final version of course Required 1 DGE DGE developed format for introduce the evaluation purpose, motive and evaluation format procedure course evaluation
Discussion meetings with the academics and Student studnets to formulate policy for regular academic support Conducted discussion with Documents of meeting guidance and counselling to the students of each Required 1 DGE DGE services academics and students and student feedback batch in a certain interval
Approved policy for Minutes of Syndicate Processing for administrative approval of Not - - DGE academic guidance and meetings and hard formulated plan of student counseling services Required counseling copy of the policy
Arranging workshop with all teachers and Conducted discussion with Documents of meeting students for discussing and distribution of the Required 1 DGE DGE academics and students and student feedback guidelines to them
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Taking initiative for appointing Batch based To be Appointment documents of Documents of Student Advisor from academic member of the Required decided by JU/UGC JU and DGE Student Advisor for each Appointment and hard DGE JU batch copies of activates
Discussion meeting with the academics and Conducted discussion with Documents of meeting Required 1 JU/UGC DGE students to formulate policy for extra-and-co- academics and students and student feedback curricular activities
Documents of meeting Development and implemented of improvement Implemented improvement Required 5 JU/UGC DGE and student feedback plan for students support services plan
Arrange different extra-and-co-curricular activities Documents of according to the formulated policy and plans and Required 5 JU/UGC DGE Arranged activity participants of higher encourage students to participate Student rate of students support services Not Alumni committee Undertake effective initiative to make the Alumni - - DGE Documents more formal with full organizing committee required formation
Arrange meetings in a certain interval and JU/DGE DGE and Documents of activity occasional get together among the alumni and Required 2 / Documented of activity Alumni and programs current students, teachers and non-academic Alumni staffs of the department to strength the bonding
Supportive documents Motivate the alumni and arrange Partnership JU/UGC and Students programs with corporate and business / Acknowledged corporate Required 4 DGE increased participation sponsorship for funding events sports Sponsor and business sponsors in extracurricular tournaments, festivals, fair or charity ships activities
Arranging open discussion with students about Students feedback on their future plan and strategy after graduation and Written future plan and Required 4 JU/UGC DGE future plan and invite alumni and different professional strategy for the students organizations and stakeholders to attend in the strategy discussion
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Meeting minutes and Conducting discussion meeting with the university Conducted academic resolution and authority for appointing required number of Not committee meeting of DGE - - DGE supporting documents qualified teachers, determined by the academic Required and meetings with DGE on the meetings with meetings in each discipline/branch of geography and JU authority of the DGE JU authority
To Undertake initiative for appointing required Meeting minutes and Conducted academic number of trained supporting non-academic staffs, resolution and Not committee meeting of DGE Demonstrator and technicians determined by the - - DGE supporting documents Required and meetings with DGE academic meetings of the DGE and then process on the meetings with and JU authority for administrative approval and recruitment JU authority
Formulation of policy for pedagogical training and Conducted academic Meeting minutes, JU Staffs and skill development programs for the teachers in Not - - DGE committee meeting of DGE authority approval and Facilities regular interval by the DGE then process for its Required administrative approval and draft policy and plan Policy and Plans
Arrange training/workshop on pedagogy and skill development comprising curriculum design, Documents of teaching methodologies, academic norms, Required 3 JU/UGC DGE Training Manual organized training question settings to measure the achievement of program ILOs, etc
Formulation of policy for pedagogical training and Conducted academic Meeting minutes, JU Not skill development programs for the teachers in - - DGE committee meeting of DGE authority approval and Required regular interval by the DGE or university then and draft policy and plan Policy and Plans process for its administrative approval
Introduce recognition and motivational intensive Documents of for non-academic staffs as an way to get their Required 2 JU/UGC DGE Training Manual organized training maximum services program
Conducted meetings with Meetings minutes and Research Organizing discussion meeting with the academic Not - - DGE academic and draft policy draft policy and plans and members for formulating Departmental research Required and plan papers Extension policy and plans
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Recommendation of Documentation of Arrange workshop with the participation of discussion meetings with workshop and Hard relevant stakeholders and external experts for Required 2 JU/UGC DGE academics/ copy of Research Plan finalizing the policy and plans Researchers and relevant and Policy external experts Supporting documents and Approved copy of Processing for administrative approval of the Not - - DGE hard copy of recommended Research policy and research policy and plans of the DGE Required Research Policy and plans Plans of DGE
Exploring potential collaboration with national and Copy of Documents for Documents for meetings international organizations, institutes, NGOs, Required 2 JU/UGC DGE meetings with the with the potential funders donors etc. potential funders
Records of partnership Continuous monitoring and improvement of the JU/UGC Improved partnership and Required 4 DGE and collaboration partnership and collaboration /DGE collaboration works
Encourage both senior and young faculties to hunt Completed activites for Research the research fund by providing all departmental Required 4 UGC DGE hunting new and long term Supportive documents and cooperation research project Extension
Undertaking initiatives for progressive allocation and sustainable funding in university budget for Completed initiatives and JU Budget allocation Required 100 UGC DGE long term research in the DGE allied with national Approved Budget for research funding interest and needs
Formulations of policy in academic meeting to Not Meetings minutes and allocate publication charges of accepted papers of - - DGE Draft Policy plans faculty members in high impact factors journals Required Policy Plan
Discussion with university authority for approval Approved documents Not and allocating funds in annual budget for paying - - DGE Final Policy and plans and final policy and Required publications cost of the academic faculty Plans members’ accepted paper in high impact journals
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Establishing an e-repository in the DGE website’s Access to Uploaded Uploaded where abstract of paper and conferences abstract/conferences abstract/conferences presentations of the academics and research Required 8 JU/UGC DGE proceedings and proceedings and research students both graduate and MPill/PhD research of research papers in the papers in the Website DGE can be published to make available globally Website
Access to Uploaded Uploaded abstract/conferences Allocation of fund to continue and smooth abstract/conferences Required 2 JU/UGC DGE proceedings and Research maintenance of such e-repository proceedings and research research papers in the and papers in the Website Extension Website Conducted meetings with Copy of meetings Formulation of rules and regulation for research academics and formulated minutes and assistantships and internship more attractive and Not - - DGE policy, rules and plans resolutions and hard formal to encourage the devoted, brilliant research Required approved in academic copy of policy, rules students and young academics meeting and plans Conducted meeting Approved documents Processing for university approval of the Not - - DGE documents and policy and final policy and opportunities of research assistantships Required paper Plans Offering research assistantship and ensuring Conducted guidance for Supportive documents more interactive guidance at regular interval while Required 2 JU/UGC DGE carrying out research assistantship assistantships Research findings
Appointment a coordinator from the academic faculty members of DGE for establishing liaison Minutes of academic between DGE and IQAC for maintaining the committee meeting Process quality indicators and continuing quality Required 3 JU/DGE DGE Coordinator is appointed Appointment and management improvement following the decision adopted in joining letter of the and academic meeting coordinator continuous improvement Undertaking initiatives for conducting further self- assessment programs in the DGE in regular basis Implemented initiatives for preferably every three to four years of interval to Supportive paper Required 6 JU/DGE DGE conducting self- know the status, identify problems and implement documents assessment the necessary actions for overall development of the DGE
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Fund Tentative To be Area of Sources Proposed intervention required/ Fund implemented Performance indicator Verification Methods intervention of fund Not (BDT in lac) by required
Dialogue and discussion with academic Not Conducted meeting with Minutes of academic members for developing methods of measuring - - DGE Required the academics committee meeting ILOs of every course
Conducted meeting
Approved by the general academic meetings of and hard copy the Not Minutes of academic proposed methods of measuring ILOs and then - - DGE documents of proposed Required committee meeting processing for approval methods of measure ofILO
Conducted meetings with Discussion meeting with the departmental the academics and Meeting minutes and Not academics to design peer observation, mention - - DGE formulated policy and hard copy of policy Required Process and feedback policy procedure of monitoring document management and peer reviewing and continuous Not Supporting documents Monitoring of peer observation system regularly - - DGE Documents of monitoring improvement Required countersigned by chairman
Arrange discussion with the students about their Copy of meetings continuous feed-back and reviewing on the Conducted meetings with Required 1 JU/UGC DGE minutes and program, especially on teaching, learning and the students resolutions assessment
Copy of meetings Conducted meetings with minutes and Arrange workshop for all teachers to formulate academics and formulated resolutions and hard the policy and process of evaluation, set criteria Required 2 JU/UGC DGE policy, process, criteria and copy of policy, questionnaire approved in and make the questions for teachers evaluation process, criteria and academic meeting questionnaire
Implementing the online Students’ evaluation of Meetings minutes Lunched database for all course including the teachers involved in Required 3 JU/UGC DGE online evaluation online evaluation each course system Developing Regular online feedback JU/DGE mechanism from relevant stakeholders to Required 4 / DGE Lunched webpage Supportive documents identify the weak, potential and further Alumni improvement areas of the DGE
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STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
2019 – 2022
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS BY QA AREAS (if any)
Total Cost No. QA Areas Source (BDT in lac) 1. Governance 11.0 UGC/JU/DGE 2. Curriculum Content Design & Review 10.0 UGC/JU/DGE 3. Student Admission, Progress and Achievements 6.0 UGC/JU 4. Physical Facilities 286.0 UGC/JU 5. Teaching - Learning and Assessment 20.0 UGC/JU/DGE 6. Student Support Services 23.0 UGC/JU/DGE 7. Staff and Facilities 5.0 UGC/JU 8. Research and Extension 124.0 UGC/JU 9. Process Management & Continuous Improvement 19.0 UGC/JU/DGE TOTAL 504.00 UGC/JU/DGE
UGC University Grants Commission of Bangladesh JU Jahangirnagar University DGE Department of Geography and Environment
STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY 2019 – 2022
YEAR WISE BUDGET SUMMARY
2019 2020 2021 2022 Total QA Areas (BDT in lac) (BDT in lac) (BDT in Lac) (BDT in Lac) (BDT in Lac)
10% 20% 30% 40% 100% Governance 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 11.0 Curriculum Content Design & Review 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 10.0 Student Admission, Progress and Achievements 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.4 6.0 Physical Facilities 28.6 57.2 85.8 114.4 286.0 Teaching - Learning and Assessment 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 20.0 Student Support Services 2.3 4.6 6.9 9.2 23.0 Staff and Facilities 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 5.0 Research and Extension 12.4 24.8 37.2 49.6 124.0 Process Management & Continuous Improvement 1.9 3.8 5.7 7.6 19.0 Total 50.4 100.8 151.2 201.6 504.00
STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY 2019 – 2022
Key Movers/Players (Person in Charge)
No. QA Areas Key Movers/Players Remarks
1. Governance VC, Pro-VCs, Dean, Faculties of the DGE There should be a proper coordination with 2. Curriculum Content Design & Review VC, Pro-VCs, Dean, Faculties of DGE, IQAC, Stakeholders harmony among all key movers and players. 3. Student Admission, Progress and Achievements VC, Pro-VCs, Dean, Faculties of the DGE Congenial atmosphere of development 4. Physical Facilities VC, Pro-VCs, Treasurer, Dean, Alumni through discussion and consensus is very 5. Teaching - Learning and Assessment Academics and External Peer Reviewer important.
6. Student Support Services VC, Pro-VCs, Dean, Academics, non-academic staffs Academic committee of the DGE JU 7. Staff and Facilities VC, Treasurer, Dean, Academics, non-academic staffs authority particularly VC, Pro-VCs, 8. Research and Extension Academics, VC, Pro-VCs, Treasurer, Dean Treasures, Dean, Syndicate, and externally the UGC and Ministry need to be 9. Process Management & Continuous Improvement Academics, VC, Pro-VCs, Treasurer, Dean and IQAC of JU motivated.
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