Minutes of the 27Th Meeting of the General Council of the National Computing Education Accreditation Council, HEC, Islamabad
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Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the General Council of the National Computing Education Accreditation Council, HEC, Islamabad The 27th meeting of NCEAC (National Computing Education Accreditation Council) was held on Thursday, 19th October 2017 in Mural Hall, HEC, H-9, Islamabad. The following attended: 1. Dr Mohammad Ayub Alvi, Chairperson NCEAC 2. Dr Shoab Ahmad Khan, Vice Chairperson, NCEAC 3. Dr Aasia Khanum, Associate Professor, Forman Christian College, Lahore 4. Dr Faisal Ahmad Khan Kakar, Dean (Faculty of Sciences) BUITEMS, Quetta 5. Dr Jamil Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, Kohat University of Science &Technology, Kohat 6. Dr Manzoor Ilahi Tamimy, Associate Professor, CIIT, Islamabad 7. Dr Muhammad Ali Maud, Professor (CS & E Department), UET, Lahore 8. Dr Muhammad Jamil Sawar, Consultant, MTBC, Rawalpindi 9. Dr Sayeed Ghani, Associate Dean, IBA, Karachi 10. Dr Zartash Afzal Uzmi, Assoc. Prof., LUMS, Lahore 11. Mr Abdul Haleem Asghar, Joint Electronic Advisor, 12. Mr Syed Ali Abbas Hasani, Director Operations, PSEB, Islamabad 13. Mr Fahad Saeed Warsi, VC Engineer, Ministry of IT, Sindh 14. Mr Syed Iftikhar H Shah, Director (IT), Ministry of IT & Telecom, Islamabad 15. Mr Rana Sukhera, Project Manager, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Islamabad 16. Mr Syed Mansoor Ahmed, Manager IT, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Islamabad 17. Mr Anwaar Saeed Assistant Professor, VU 18. Mr Arshad Ali, Business Head, Code Informatics 19. Mr Asim Ghaffar, Vice President R&D, LMKR 20. Mr Khurram Mujtaba, CEO, Moftak Solutions 21. Mr Malik Imran Ijaz, VP Operations & Strategies, TechAccess 22. Mr Muazzam Bhatti, CEO, Alfoz 23. Ms Nadia Mehreen, Program Manager, Code Informatics The following could not attend: 1. Dr Rafiq Baloch, DG, QAA, HEC 2. Chairman, Punjab IT Board, Lahore 3. President PASHA, Karachi 4. Secretary Ministry of Education, Gilgit-Baltistan 5. Secretary Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad 6. Secretary Information Technology Dept. Govt. of Balochistan, Quetta 7. Director, IT Dept. Govt. of KPK, Peshawar Meeting of the General Council started with recitation of verses from Holy Koran by Dr Sayeed Ghani. Chairperson NCEAC welcomed and thanked the members for attending this meeting. 1 NCEAC 27th GC Meeting 19th October 2017 Agenda Item no. 1 Approval of Minutes of the 26th Meeting There were no observations on recording of minutes of the 26th Meeting of NCEAC, and these were unanimously approved. Agenda Item no. 2 Action Report - Implementation status of the decisions of 26th General Council Meeting of NCEAC held on March 31, 2017 Implementation status of the decisions of the 26th meeting of NCEAC was noted with satisfaction: Agenda Item Decision in 26th meeting Action/Decision Taken Item No. 4: It was decided that the 3- No further meetings were held of Service Structure of members committee, formed in this 3-members committee due to NCEAC Secretariat the 25th General Council the expiration of NCEAC meeting, will further deliberate member’s tenure. on this matter. Its recommendations should be presented in the next meeting of NCEAC. Item No. 5: It was decided that NCEAC will Letters sent to Allied Bank Bank Account request the ‘A’ or ‘AA’ rated (AA+), Askari Bank (AA+), Bank banks for their rates of profit on Alfalah (AA) & Citibank N.A fixed deposit. The General (A1) for their profit rates. Council authorized the Chairman to select a bank on the basis of profit rate and rating of the bank. Item No. 8: It was decided that the NCEAC has requested the HEC Awareness Seminars “Awareness Seminars” will be to provide funding to conduct conducted for those universities/ twenty awareness seminars in the institutes, who have yet to year 2017-18. submit their computing programs to NCEAC for accreditation. Item No. 9: It was decided that, as per the Non-essential annexures, sent by Disposal of NCEAC Old rules of Govt. of Pakistan, the universities along with their Record official record which is older accreditation applications, were than 5 years can be disposed-off. disposed-off. It was also decided that, the attachments submitted along with Accreditation Application can be disposed-off after one year. Accreditation Applications (excluding attachments) should be retained for five years. 2 NCEAC 27th GC Meeting 19th October 2017 Agenda Item no. 3 Approval of Minutes of the 22nd Meeting of Accreditation and Standards Committee (ASC) of NCEAC A report on the forty (40) recently evaluated programs was presented, along with recommendations of the 22nd meeting of ASC (Accreditation and Standards Committee), which was held earlier on the same day. The following decisions were taken on the recommendations of ASC: Programs, Universities and the Category Approved by NCEAC General Council: Category Recommended Recommended Approved by Accreditation by Accreditation Program(s) Name of University by NCEAC Inspection Standards General Committee Committee Council 1. BS (Computer Air University, Islamabad X X X Science) Army Public College of 2. BS (Computer Management & Sciences X X X Science) (APCOMS), Rawalpindi Center for Advanced 3. BS (Computer Studies in Engineering, X W W Science) Islamabad Comsats Institute of 4. BS (Software Information Technology, X Y Y Engineering) Attock Comsats Institute of 5. BS (Computer Information Technology, W W W Science) Islamabad Comsats Institute of 6. BS (Software Information Technology, W W W Engineering) Islamabad Comsats Institute of 7. BS (Computer Information Technology, X Y Y Science) Sahiwal Comsats Institute of 8. BS (Software Information Technology, Y Y Y Engineering) Sahiwal Comsats Institute of 9. BS (Software Information Technology, X W W Engineering) Wah Pending till Pending till Dir College of Engineering 10. BS (Software affiliation affiliation and Computing Sciences, Zero Visit Engineering) confirmation confirmation Dir from HEC from HEC 3 NCEAC 27th GC Meeting 19th October 2017 Dr A Q Khan Institute of 11. BS (Computer Computer Science & IT Y Y Y Science) (KICSIT), Kahuta 12. BS (Computer Forman Christian College, W W W Science) Lahore Information Technology 13. BS (Computer University of the Punjab, X W W Science) Lahore 14. BS (Computer International Islamic X X X Science) University, Islamabad 15. BS (Software International Islamic X X X Engineering) University, Islamabad Lahore University of 16. BS (Computer Management Sciences, X W W Science) Lahore 17. BS (Computer Mohammad Ali Jinnah X X X Science) University, Karachi 18. BS (Software Mohammad Ali Jinnah X X X Engineering) University, Karachi 19. BS (Software Preston University, Karachi Y Y Y Engineering) 20. BS (Computer The University of Lahore, Y Y Y Science) Islamabad Campus Pending for Pending for 21. BS (Software The University of Lahore, W further further Engineering) Lahore Campus deliberation deliberation 22. BS (Computer University of Engineering X W W Science) & Technology, Lahore Pending for Pending for 23. BS (Computer University of Gujrat, Hafiz X further further Science) Hayat Campus, Gujrat deliberation deliberation Pending for Pending for 24. BS (Software University of Gujrat, Hafiz W further further Engineering) Hayat Campus, Gujrat deliberation deliberation 25. BS Pending for Pending for University of Gujrat, Hafiz (Information W further further Hayat Campus, Gujrat Technology) deliberation deliberation 26. BS (Computer University of Gujrat, Y Y Y Science) Lahore Sub Campus 27. BS (Software University of Gujrat, Y Y Y 4 NCEAC 27th GC Meeting 19th October 2017 Engineering) Lahore Sub Campus 28. BS University of Gujrat, (Information Y Y Y Lahore Sub Campus Technology) 29. BS (Computer University of Sargodha, Y Y Y Science) Faisalabad Campus 30. BS (Software University of Sargodha, Y Y Y Engineering) Faisalabad Campus 31. BS University of Sargodha, (Information Y Y Y Faisalabad Campus Technology) Pending for Pending for 32. BS (Computer University of Sargodha, X further further Science) Mandi Bahauddin Campus deliberation deliberation Pending for Pending for 33. BS (Software University of Sargodha, X further further Engineering) Mandi Bahauddin Campus deliberation deliberation 34. BS Pending for Pending for University of Sargodha, (Information X further further Mandi Bahauddin Campus Technology) deliberation deliberation 35. BS (Software Foundation University, Y Y Y Engineering) Rawalpindi Campus 36. BS (Computer Bahauddin Zakariya Y Y Y Science) University, Multan 37. BS (Computer University of Malakand, Y Y Y Science) Malakand 38. BS University of Malakand, (Information Y Y Y Malakand Technology) 39. BS (Computer University of Wah, Wah X Y Y Science) 40. BS (Computer Lahore Garrison University, X Y Y Science) Lahore 5 NCEAC 27th GC Meeting 19th October 2017 Agenda Item no. 4 Service Structure of NCEAC Secretariat Council decided to consult with the HR department of HEC regarding the service structure of NCEAC staff. Until the final decision, council approved the rules attached as annex ‘A’. Agenda Item no. 5 Accreditation of Passed-out Batches Council decided that, NCEAC will consider accreditation of only those graduated batches, whose previous and later batches were or are accredited. NCEAC will not entertain applications for accreditation of the already graduated batches. Agenda Item no. 6 Appeal cases received. Appeals to upgrade the category awarded to them were received from the following three institutions. 1. Sukkur IBA, Sukkur 2. Iqra National University, Peshawar 3. National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences-FAST, Lahore Campus These were discussed; and the Council decided as follows: Council upheld the