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Centre for Quality Assurance (CQA)
Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine
Centre for Quality Assurance (CQA) of the Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine (GWUIM), Sri Lanka in compliance with the Commission Circular No. 04/2015 issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on 05th May 2015. As the 16th state university and the first indigenous medical university in Sri Lanka, GWUIM has the responsibility to maintain its quality and standards to produce highly energetic and skillful graduates to develop the nation. The Centre for Quality Assurance (CQA) is responsible for strengthening and enhancing the quality of education offered by the university in line with the National Quality Assurance Framework of Sri Lanka under the directions of the Quality Assurance Council (QAC) of the University Grants Commission (UGC). CQA of the University is headed by a director, who is working on a part-time basis, to fulfill the academic and administrative tasks involved with the CQA. Each faculty of study has established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) to guide and oversee the quality assurance activities relevant to the programs of study.
Aims and Objectives:
a) To organize and implement activities that would promote internalizing best practices and facilitate quality assurance (QA) of education provision of GWUIM.
b) To support sustainable quality enhancement within the GWUIM leading to a quality culture.
As prescribed in the Internal Quality Assurance Manual for Sri Lankan Universities (2013), the areas of particular importance in Internal Quality Assurance in GWUIM include the following:
• Policy and procedures for higher education
• Approval, monitoring, and periodic review of programs and awards
• Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of students
• Quality assurance of teaching staff
• Learning resources and student support
• Information systems
• Public information
Aims and Objectives:
a) To organize and implement activities that would promote internalizing best practices and facilitate quality assurance (QA) of education provision of GWUIM.
b) To support sustainable quality enhancement within the GWUIM leading to a quality culture.
As prescribed in the Internal Quality Assurance Manual for Sri Lankan Universities (2013), the areas of particular importance in Internal Quality Assurance in GWUIM include the following:
• Policy and procedures for higher education
• Approval, monitoring, and periodic review of programs and awards
• Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of students
• Quality assurance of teaching staff
• Learning resources and student support
• Information systems
• Public information