Awareness of Quality among College Students: Students Quality Literacy Index

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Awareness of Quality among College Students
Students Quality Literacy Index
International Conference on Student
Participation in Quality Enhancement, NAAC,
Bangalore, Sep.16-17, 2006

• Dr CVS Ranga Sai,
• Head, Business Economics Department,
• VG Vaze College, Mumbai

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Phasing Students participation in quality
enhancement

• Quality awareness
• Remedy deficiencies
• Shifting onus of quality design/ management of
  systems
• Empowering students

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Measuring Quality Literacy

• Comprehensive, comprehensible
• Durable and acceptable across regions and time
• Measure growth in quality consciousness,
• Compare quality awareness between institutions,
• Bench mark minimum quality literacy standards and
  
• Promote quality movement

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Student Quality Literacy Index

• The Student Quality Literacy Index (SQL index)
  quantifies and measures individual quality
  perceptions, perception of ones role in quality
  systems and the level of student observation of
  quality systems that are part of or external to
  institution.

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Student Quality Literacy Index
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Core Scale analysis

• I. Perception of institutional systems 40
• II. Personal quality definitions and perception
  50
• III. Awareness of quality procedures 10

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Component scale analysis

• I. Perception of institutional systems 40
• 1. Perception of institutional quality systems
  10
• 2. Self identified quality systems 10
• 3. Institutional Quality concerns 20
• II. Personal quality definitions and perception
  50
• 1. Personal Quality perception 25
• 2. Role perception 25
• III. Awareness of quality procedures 10
• 1. Awareness about the institution 05
• 2. NAAC Quality procedures 05

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SQL Index Scores

• Awareness about the institution 05
• Perception of institutional quality systems 10
• Self identified quality systems 10
• Personal Quality perception 25
• Role perception 25
• Institutional Quality concerns 20
• NAAC Quality procedures 05
• Student Quality Literacy Index 100

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Perception of institutional quality systems 10

• Choice of courses and curriculum, teaching,
  academic environment, college administration,
  student support activities, library, and
  facilities
• Self identified quality systems, exposure and
  participation in institutional affairs, good
  practices endorsed by students

Self Identified Quality systems 10
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The role perception 25

• Teacher evaluation by students, course
  evaluation, students elections, participation in
  decision making, providing regular evaluation and
  feed back to college, developing self study
  programmes, liaison with alumni, maintenance of
  infrastructure, participation in administration,
  and grievance redressal

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Personal Quality perception 25

• Academic results,
• Discipline,
• Good teachers,
• Research and consultancy,
• Publications by teachers,
• Good buildings and infrastructure,
• Good Principal and administration,
• Student leadership,
• Student participation in college matters, sports
  and extra curricular activities,
• Availability of course and optional subjects of
  choice

• Scholarships / freeships,
• Effective Alumni,
• Campus placement,
• Students Council, accreditation by NAAC and
• Gradation,
• Recognition of college by industry,
• Personality development,
• Good NSS
• Community service, and
• Modern teaching methods

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Institutional Quality concerns 20

• Systems identified deficient at the institution
  and suggestions for improvement.
• Measure of students understanding of systems,
  limitations and proactive role

Awareness of quality procedures 10
Nature of College, University, education system
05 Accreditation, Assessment procedures 05
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The sample Vaze College, Mumbai

• 300 Students
• UG PG
• Multi discipline
• Accredited (1998) A Five Star, Reaccredited
  2005- A grade
• Sample Size
• S1 first year degree students 20
• S2, Second year degree students 20
• S3 final year Degree students 40
• S4 Post graduate students 10
• Total 90

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Core Scale Values and SQL Index
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Student Quality Literacy index in terms of
Component scale values
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Inferences

• The awareness of quality grows from year to year
  in collegiate education
• awareness of quality procedures are learnt by
  students only during accreditation exercise,
  specific to the period
• Year of Students Participation in Quality
  Assurance, there is a greater need to educate
  students on quality procedures
• Role perception is poor
• Reaccredited institution SQL is 48.22

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Forward integration

• Next level study Probe scale analysis (45
  variables)
• Study across Institutions, time , regions
• Literacy bench marking
• Periodic evaluation
• As a technique of student feed back and
  evaluation of institution

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Thanks !

• Dr CVS Ranga Sai
• VG Vaze College
• Mumbai-400081
• Phones 022-21631422,23, Fax [phone],
• Res022-25892749, M-09224777999
• www.cvsrangasai_at_gmail.com