A two-day workshop on ‘Outcome Based Assessment: An Overview’ was inaugurated at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) by Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad, Rector UMT. Dr Abdul Raouf, SI, Distinguished National Professor of HEC and University Professor and Advisor UMT, Dr A Rashid Kausar, Pro-Rector UMT and Dr Sarwar Azhar, Dean, Dr Hasan Murad School of Management, UMT, were also present on this occasion.
Ch Bashir Ahmad, Regional Director, Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Professor Dr Saleem Akhtar from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), represented their respective organizations in the workshop. The workshop was attended by more than 30 participants representing different private and public sector universities and educational institutions. The most distinguished guests included Brig Dr Nayer Fardows, Dean and Director of Studies, Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, Dr M A Pasha, Director, University of Education Lahore, Dr Mumtaz Hasan Malik, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University Faisalabad, Dr Iftikhar Ahmad, Dean, Executive Development Institute at the National School of Public Policy, and Engineer Muhammad Usman Baloch, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Baluchistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar.
Others who attended included Controllers of Examination and senior faculty members from other universities such as IBA Karachi, IBA Sukkur, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Air University, Islamabad, Virtual University, Islamia College University Peshawar, Allama Iqbal Open University, National College of Arts, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam Sindh, University of Gujarat, Khyber Medical University, and University of Health Sciences, Lahore.
Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad welcomed the distinguished guests from all over Pakistan and hoped that such intellectual gatherings would pave the way for better communication and understanding between academicians and management of higher educational institutions to address the burning issues faced by the educational sector in Pakistan.
Dr Abdul Raouf introduced the concept and dynamics of the workshop and requested the participants to share their views and experiences on the subject so that authentic recommendations could be made to the competent authorities for introducing enhanced and effective educational assessment mechanisms.
The workshop delegates were divided into different technical working groups based on their areas of expertise and detailed presentations were made followed by extensive discussions and questions and answer sessions.
The delegates expressed their fullest satisfaction about arrangements made for the workshop at the newly built state-of-the-art UMT campus. Delegates were later taken on a sight seeing trip of the city.