Title: Awareness of Quality among College Students: Students Quality Literacy Index
1Awareness 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
2Phasing Students participation in quality
enhancement
- Quality awareness
- Remedy deficiencies
- Shifting onus of quality design/ management of
systems - Empowering students
3Measuring 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
4Student 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.
5Student Quality Literacy Index
6Core Scale analysis
- I. Perception of institutional systems 40
- II. Personal quality definitions and perception
50 - III. Awareness of quality procedures 10
7Component 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
8SQL 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
9Perception 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
10 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
11Personal 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
12Institutional 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
13The 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
14Core Scale Values and SQL Index
15Student Quality Literacy index in terms of
Component scale values
16Inferences
- 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
17Forward 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
18Thanks !
- Dr CVS Ranga Sai
- VG Vaze College
- Mumbai-400081
- Phones 022-21631422,23, Fax 022- 21634262,
- Res022-25892749, M-09224777999
- www.cvsrangasai_at_gmail.com