Active Committees
Standing committee of the faculty
Their members, duties, responsibilities, and meeting schedules are well set-up as follows:
1. The faculty Academic Council or senate has replaced the former faculty board. Its main purpose is the integration of the academic members of the faculty in achieving high standards, professional, moral and spiritual, in the training of students and in research work.
It is composed of the dean as a chairman, assistant dean as a reporter, heads of departments and two members from each department. It meets as often as once a week, and not less than once a month. The committee duties and responsibilities are mainly focused on the most different academic decision making and approval of these decisions for further process by upper authority.
2. The departmental committees, committees are responsible to the faculty academic council and consist of all the academic members at the department of each department. They are chaired by the respective departmental head. They are empowered to deal with administrative, financial, teaching and research affairs of each department, and are responsible for the implementation of the Ministry of Higher Education’s departmental regulations. Departmental committees are scheduled based on need or at least twice a month.
3. Specific committees
The dean of the faculty, in consultation with the faculty academic council may establish special committees for the following purposes or subjects:
A. Curriculum and textbook and other teaching materials are responsible to revise and update curriculum, oversee and monitoring their onward implementation. Add or omit subjects or create subjects. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee schedules based on need but at least once in a semester.
B. Exam committee is selected by faculty council once a year. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee is mainly responsible for overall examination process and oversees safe evaluation of students at mid-term and final exams. The committee is responsible for the transparency of all exams. The committee will follow all rule and regulation of exam bylaw.
C. Disciplinary Committee is also selected by the faculty council once a year. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee is responsible to care disciplinary procedures and evaluate abuse and misbehaviors. The committee schedules their meeting at least 2-3 times in a semester or as required.
D. Research committee is responsible for overall activities of research activities or projects. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee schedules their meeting at least 2-3 times in a semester or as required to provide awareness to academic members and students.
E. Academic members committee is responsible for overall recruitment procedure based on rule and regulations. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee schedules their meetings at least 2-3 times at a semester or as required.
F. Center of Excellence in Quality Assurance is mainly dealing with self-assessment and quality assurance programs, evaluation and assessment at the faculty and department level. Heads of the departments are the member of this committee. The committee schedules their meeting at least 2-3 times at each semester or as required.
H. Instructional Center of Excellence is responsible for the capacity building and enhancement of academic and administrative staff. Senior professors for decision making on short, medium and long life training are responsible to plan timely training based on need assessment of each academic members at each semester. The committee schedule their sessions at least each week or each 15 days. Policy of Teaching and Learning is applicable.
G. Strategic Planning Committee is mainly responsible for overall strategic and other planning at the departmental and faculty level. The members for this committee are a representative from each department. The committee schedules their meetings at least 2-3 times at a semester or as required