{"id":16,"date":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:36:06","slug":"iqc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Quality Circle (IQC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Institutional Quality Circle (IQC)<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In accordance with the Pakistan Precepts, Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (PSG-2023) of the Higher Education Commission, the University of Lakki Marwat has constituted an Institutional Quality Circle (IQC) to provide institutional oversight of quality assurance and enhancement.<\/p>\n<h3>Composition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice Chancellor &#8211; Convener<\/li>\n<li>Registrar &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Controller of Examinations &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Director Planning and Development &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Director Academics &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Director Advanced Studies and Research &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Nasir Rehman, Assistant Professor &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Director QEC &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Director QEC &#8211; Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Terms of Reference<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor national guidance and external requirements relating to quality assurance and coordinate appropriate institutional action.<\/li>\n<li>Review the University&#8217;s academic quality framework, policies and mechanisms for maintaining standards and enhancing the student learning experience.<\/li>\n<li>Oversee institutional and programme self-evaluation, including review findings, improvement plans and follow-up actions.<\/li>\n<li>Promote the completeness, accuracy, reliability and fitness for purpose of information provided to applicants, students and other stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain oversight of academic and student-related quality policies.<\/li>\n<li>Consider quality implications of proposals concerning the introduction, revision, suspension or withdrawal of academic programmes.<\/li>\n<li>Review institutional performance information and promote evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to considering institutional self-evaluation, the IQC meets on a quarterly basis and serves as the University&#8217;s principal institutional forum for quality enhancement and oversight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institutional Quality Circle (IQC) In accordance with the Pakistan Precepts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}